NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION 


LATIN AMERICAN PUBLIC UTILITIES SURVEY 
COMMUNICATIONS SECTION 


THE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES OF BRAZIL 


U.Y. 


PREPARED BY 

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE 

FOR THE 

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING DIVISION 
BOARD OF ECONOMIC WARFARE 


APRIL 1943 






THE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES OF BRAZIL 

Prepared By 


Robert C. Smith 


TABLE OF CONTENTS 



I INTRODUCTION 


The United States of Brazil 
Communications : General 




Page 


2 

3 


II INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS 


Telephone ^ 4 

Companhia Telephonica Brasileira (Brazilian Telephone Company) 9' 

International Telephone, and Telegraph Company IS 

Emprezas Electricas Brasileiras (Brazilian Electric Company) 13 

Para Telephone Company,, Limited . ly 

L. M. Ericsson Company ly 

'Brazilian owned companies ly 

Telegraph ... 45 . 

Regulations , : 43 

Telegraph Network 47 

National Network , 48 

Railway Network ; 30 

Company Network ‘ - 51 

Radio Co.mmunications y2 

Interior- Cables 39 

Police Radio 60 

Airways Radio 60 

Electric Fire Alarm Systems : j 6 G 

III INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS 

International Land Lines 66 

Cables ’ ; ’ 66 

All America Cables and Radio., Inc. 66 

Western Telegraph Company, Limited 6 ? 

Companhia Italiana dei Cavi Telegrafica Sottomarini (italcable) 69 

Compagnie des Cables Sud-America ins 
Other Cables 

International Radio Communications 73* 

Companhia Radiotelegraphica Brasileira .. r.u 71 

Companhia Radio Internacional do Brasil 72 


IV RADIO BROADCASTING 

Minimum Power Requirements 
Programs 
R £ dio Networks 
Receiving Sets 


73 

73 

74 
7 ^ 


Amateur Radio 
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LIST OF TABLES 


Table 


I Brazil: Telephone Operating Companies and Telephones in 
Service "by Company Ownership., December yi, 1939 
II Brazil: Telephone Operating Companies and Telephones in 
Service hy States., December y± } 1939 
III Brazil: Telephones in Service in Principal Cities, 
December 31, 1939 

IV State Telegraph Development In Brazil, 1929-1939 
V Brazil: Length of Lines and Length of Wire of the Stare 
Telegraph Network by Pegions, 1939 
VI Brazil: Pailway Companies and Telephone Companies having 
Interchange Agreements with the Department of Posts and 
Telegraphs, 1939 

VII National Radiotelegraph Stations in Brazil, 19^-0 
VIII Services Performed by National Fadio Communication Stations 
in Brazil for 1939 
IX. Aeronautical Stations in Brazil 
X Brazil: Number of Long Wave Broadcasting Stations by 
States, 19l0 

XI Brazil: Radio Broadcasting Stations, 19^0 
XII Brazil: Number of Amateur Radio Operators by States as of 
December yi 3 1939 


MAPS 

Brazil: Radio Stations and Cable Lines 

# 

Intercity Lines of the Brazilian Telephone Company 

Central Offices and Toll Line Network in State of Parana 

Central Offices and Toll Line Network in State of Pic 
Grande do Sul 

Central Offices and Toll Line Network in State of Santa 
Catharina 


National Telegraph Circuits in Brazil 


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THE COMMUNICATION FACILITIES OF BFAZIL 
I INTEODUCTION 

The development of a commimication system in any country is influenced by 
the size of that country, its location in relation to other countr es ; the cen¬ 
ters ol population, its geographical and climatic conditions, and its general 
economic conditions. A fev basic and general facts concerning Brazil are pre¬ 
sented here to provide a background for a better understanding of its communica¬ 
tion facilities. 

The vast distances to be covered by Brazil's communication system are 
emphasized by the fact that the country contains an area of 3^286,170 square 
miles, thus giving it the distinction of being greater in continental area than 
any other country of the Western Hemisphere. It has a coastline of more than 
4,000 miles in length, which has provided an opportunity for development of 
coastal communication by means of submarine cables. The proximity of Brazil to 
other South American countries is indicated by the fact that it bordei’s on every 
country in South America except Chile and Ecuador. 

Geography and Climate 

Geographically, the country may be divided into three general areas: the 
lowland tropical Amazon basin comprising most of north and northwestern Brazil, 
the higher states of the northeast which are partly covered by scrubland and 
desert, and the central and southern coastal uplands. There are three large 
mountain ranges, the Atlantic F.ange, the Central Eange, and the Nortista Range. 

The chief rivers are the Amazon and its tributaries; the Sao Francisco which 
flows through northeastern Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean, and the Parana which 
flews through southern Brazil into the Eio de la Plata. 

Brazil has three distinct climatic zones, the equatorial or tropical, the 
subtropical, and the temperate. Extending from the equator to about 33° south 
latitude, most of Brazil is in the tropics; its southern extremity reaches only 
to a south latitude approximating the northern latitude of Brunswick, Georgia. 

With the exception of Manaos, lying a thousand miles up the Amazon, all of the 
principal cities in the northern section of the country are to be found along the 
coast, where the tropical heat is relieved by the constant trade winds. The 
climate of Eio de Janeiro is sub-tropical, reaching a maximum of 95° to 10C c F. 
from December to March, and a minimum of 50° to 35° F. during June to September. 
The extreme southern part, consisting of the States of Parana, Santa Catharine, 
and Eio Grande do Sul, has a temperate climate, as does the more heavily populated 
section of the State of Sao Paulo which is on a plateau over 2,000 feet above sea 
level. The seasons of Brazil differ from those of the United States, their winter 
corresponding to our summer, and vice versa. 

Government 


The Brazilian form of government, as set forth in the constitution, is a 
federal system, with powers divided between the national and state authorities. 
The empire was overthrown in 1889 and a republic took its place. By the most 


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recent constitution, that of November 10, 1937 j the President is the supreme 
authority. There are no political parties in legal existence, and both 
communist and fascist parties have been outlai/ed since 1933* 


Po pulation 

According to the census of 19^0 the population of Brazil is 4l,565,063,^ 
having more than trebled during the last half century. A large percentage oj. 
the people lives within 200 miles of the seacoast. About 3^- percent- 01 Lhv 
population of Brazil in 1937 was located in the two states of Minas Ge^eeo an 
Sao Paulo which accounts for the concentration of telephones and radio broad¬ 
casting stations in that area. 

The Brazilian population is predominantly of Portuguese extraction, and 
the national language of the country is Portuguese. There has, however, been a 
considerable admixture of other European stocks and, in some pares o± the 
country, of Indian and Negro elements. 


Occupations and Standard of Living 

Brazil is essentially an agricultural country with approximately 73 percent; 
of the employed population deriving their income from agricultural pursuits. 
Another 14 percent -is engaged in industries, while the remaining 11 percent 
takes part in communications, trades, and professional activities. 


The standard of living of the greater part of Brazil’s population is low, 
probably not more than 15 percent being able to purchase things that, ofier moreJ 
than'meager -living conditions. This fact has constituted a barrier to the usage 
of telephones and radios to the same .extent they are used in the United States. 
Living standards, however’, are considerably higher around the centers 01 •’Sao 
Paulo, Pio do Janeiro, Sao Salvador, Eecile, Porto Alegre, and Belem. 


C QMMUNICATIONS: GENERAL 

The’communications system of a country may in general bo classified into 
two main categories, those which are of an internal or domestic nature, ana 
those which arc international in scope. Under those two general categories, ohc 
facilities may bo further classified as to the medium of transmission, i.c., 
telephone, telegraph, radio, or cable. Certain other communication systems 
which have particular local significance, such as police radio, fire alarm 
systems, and radio aids to air and water.navigation are also discussed under 
internal communications.- Since radio broadcasting differs from other media of 
communication in the sense that it implies' a wide dissemination oi information 
and entertainment to a large number of people, at a given time,' It is treated as 
a separate subject for the purpose of this report. 


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Therc is seme government ownership and operation of certain communication 
facilities in Brazil, but this varies considerably with the type of communica¬ 
tion. Over 90 percent of the telephones in service in 1939 were operated by 
private companies, chiefly by foreign capital. The main telegraph network is 
owned and operated by the government, but the railroads also have a network and 
arc allowed to provide public service at points not served by the national 
telegraph. Kadio communication stations arc owned and operated by the govern¬ 
ment., but radio broadcasting stations are nearly all privately owned and arc 
financed through advertising sales much a3 they are in the United States, 
-international communication facilities are furnished by private companies which 
provide cable and radio facilities under -concessions granted bj the Brazilian 
government . 

As is to be expected, wire communication facilities are concentrated in the 
regions along the seacoast where a large proportion of the population resides, 
while a number of telegraph and telephone lines extend inland, radio communica¬ 
tion facilities play an important part-in keeping places in interior'Brazil in 
contact with the outside. 

In normal times Brazil is well provided with world-wide international 
communication facilities through both cable and radio. While in the past, cable 
companies of the United States, England, France, and Italy have landed sub¬ 
marine cables at Brazil, the United States and British companies are providing 
-ills service during wartime. Two companies operate radiotelephone and radio- 
rule graph stations for international service. 

II INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS 

Internal communications includes those facilities which are used for 
communication purposes entirely within the borders of the country. The tele¬ 
phone, telegraph, cable, and radio are made use of in this connection. 

The adminis*traticn of the telephone and cable systems resembles that in 
the United States to the extent chat they are for the- most part privately owned 
end operated. The radio communication stations and the telegraph system on the 
cthei hand are operated by the Brazilian Govcrnmen 4 : with the exception of several 
privately operated telegraph systems. 

Each of these various communication facilities arc taken up in detail in 
.the following paragraphs. 

TELEPHONE 

The history cf the construction of the telephone system in Brazil begins 
in 1877. An early attempt was made to have the telephone a monopoly of the 
Government. Since the Government had at one time granted concessions for the 
building of lines, considerable confusion resulted concerning: the status of 
piivate companies. Decree No. 8933 of April 23, 1883^ established rules and 
regulations governing subsequent telephone concessions with 7,he intent of protect¬ 
ing the monopoly of the Government, but the law va3 not enforced and did not 
attain its purpose. 

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In 1939 the telephone systems of' Brazil were operated predominantly by 
private companies. Companies controlled by foreign capital operated 90.7 percent 
of the telephones in service in that year. Chief among these was the Companhia 
Telephonica Brasileira, a subsidiary of the Brazilian Traction, Light and Power 
Company, Limited, which is a Canadian corporation. This Company operated 7 6 •7 
percent of the telephones in service in 1939* Brazilian owned companies, both 
Government and private, accounted for only 9*3 percent of the telephones in 
service. 

In 1940 there were 6.2 telephones per 1,000 population as compared with 
138.5 telephones in the United States for the same year. Among the other South 
American Republics Brazil is exceeded in number of telephones per 1,000 popula¬ 
tion by the four countries of Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Venezuela, ranging 
from 8.0 in Venezuela to 35.0 in Argentina. The remaining Republics of Peru, 
Colombia, Paraguay, Ecuador, and Bolivia follow Brazil with less than 5 
telephones per 1,000 population, ranging from 4.8 telephones in Peru to 0.8 in 
Bolivia. 


Every state in Brazil, with the exception of the Territory of Acre, is 
represented by at least one telephone operating system. The number of telephones 
in service and the number of localities served in each area are shovn in Table II. 
Table III shows the number of telephones in service in the principal cities of 
Brazil. 

TABLE I 

BRAZIL: Telephone Operating Companies and Telephones in Service 

a by Company Ownership 

_ December pi, 1939 _j 

’ 1 Number of telephones in service 


Name of 

Company 

’Number of 

'Localities 

'Served 

T 

1 t 

J T 

'Automatic' 

! t 

Central 

Battery 

Manual 

t 

'Magneto 

t 

t 

1 t 

' Total' 

t ! 

t ! 

Percent 

of 

Total 

Cia. Telephonica 

Brasi1eira (Cana¬ 
dian) 

881 

154, 4y4 

30,333 

23,826 

208,6331/ 

76.7$ 

International Tele¬ 
phone and Telegraph 
Co. (United States) 

39 

«r 

9,000 

6,222 

7A15 

22,337 

8.2$ 

imprezas Electricas 
Brasileiras (United 
States) 

10 

9,7 63 

1,699 

154 

ll,6l6 

4.2$ 

T, ara Telephone Company 

Ltd. (British) 1 

— 

— - 

3,200 

3,200 

1.2 $ 

L, M. Ericsson (Swedish) 1 

1,000 

— 

— 

1,000 

0.4$ 

Brazilian owned com¬ 
panies (both Govern¬ 
ment and private) 

270 

9,287 

2,7^5 

13,233 

25,265 

9.3 $ 

TOTALS - 

1,202 

185,524 

40,999 

47,528 

272,051 

100.0$ 


(l) 224,069 telephones in service in 1941 
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TABLE II 

BRAZIL: Telephone Operating Companies and Telephones in Service,, 
_ by States/ December pi, 1939 ._ 



t 1 

* 

Number 

of telephones in sor 

vice 

- State 

• * 

! t t 

'Number of ’ 

' Number oflocalities ' 

'Companies’ served ’ Automatic 

« ! t 

'Central ' 
'Battery ' 
'Manual ' 

1 t 

> 1 

t 

Magneto ' 

t 

T 

! 

Total 

Alagoas 

1 

l 

645 

— 

— 

649 

Amazonas 

2 

2 

1,000 

— 

50 

1,050 

Bahia 

3 

6 

4,800 

600 

950 

6,350 

Ce-ara 

1 

1 

1,000 

— 

— 

1,000 

£spirit0 Santo 

3 

33 

100 

716 

317 

1,133 

Federal District 

1 

1 

4. 

93,329 

10,266 

__ - 

103,797 

Goyaz 

2 

O 

C. 

— 

— 

115 

113 

Maranhao __ 1 

2 

760 

— 

20 

78c 

Matto G-rosso 

8 

21 

— 

— 

587' 

587 

Minas Geracs 

44 

393 ~ 

9,258 

399 

6,156 

0 

1 — 1 
co 
*\ 

u'\ 

■ H 

Para 

1 

1 

— 

- 

3,200' 

3,200 

Parahyba 

2 

2 

1,300 

— 

— 

1,300 

Parana 

5 

27 

— 

3,222 

1,585 

8,807 

Pernambuco 

1 

1 

4,318 

— 


■ 8,318 

Piauhy 

2 

2 

6C0 


--- 

600 

Rio dc Janeiro 

6 

217 

5,581 

6,174 

3,070 

»» 

12,825 

Rio G. do Norte 

1 

1 

— 

383 

— 

383 

Rio G. do Sul 

6 

13 

9,000 

5,785 

6,360 

21,105 

Santa Catharina 

13 

18 

2,555 

— 

731 

3,288 

Sao Paulo 

58 

857 

51,085 

13,892 

23,889 

88,464 

Sergipe 

1 

1 

- — 

— 

500 

500 

TOTALS - 

164 

1,202 

183,528 

40,999 

87,528 

272,051 

Percent of total 

— 

— 

67 .5 

15.0 

170 

100. • 


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TABLE III 

BRAZIL: Telephones in Service in Principal Cities 
_ _ December 31, 1939_ 


City 

f 

1 

' Number 

t 1 

' Automatic ' 

1 t 

of Telephones in 

Central ' 

Battery ' Magneto 
Manual 1 Manual 

Service 

1 1 

' Total ' 

! 1 

Pio de Janeiro (l) 

93,529 

10,268 

— 

10 7,797 fj 

Sao Paulo 

41,153 

9,930 

52 

51,135 I 

Santos 

6,696 

576 

— 

7,272 

Bello Horizonte (Minas) 

6,281 

115 

31 

6,427 1 

San Salvador (Bahia) 

4,800 

600 

600 

6 , 00 c 

Jictheroy (2) 

— 

3,600 

60 

3,660 

Pecife (Pernambuco) 

4,518 

— 

— 

4,318 i 

Belem (Para) 

— 

— 

3,200 

3,200 1 

Campinas (Sao Paulo) 

2,810 

10 

— 

2,820 

Potropolis (Pio) 

2,230 

43 

— 

2,273 ; 

Juiz de Fora (Minas) 

1,582 

— 

— 

1,582 

Campos (Pio) 

1,351 

7 

5 

1,363 j 

(l) The last remaining 

Central Battery Manual 

exchange 

in the 


city of Pio de Janeiro was converted to Automatic operation 
during the year 1940. 

(2) Nictheroy was converted to automatic operation In 1941. 
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BELO HORIZONTE 



BRAZILIAN TELEPHONE COMPANY 

























































Brazilian Telephone Company (Compunhia Telcphonica Bra 3 ileira) 


The Brazilian Telephone Company is a subsidiary of the Brazilian Traction, 
Light and Power Company, Limited of Ottawa, Canada. It was incorporated under 
the laws of Canada on February 4, 1914, as the Eio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo 
Telephone Company. The name was changed to the Brazilian Telephone Company 
June 13, 1923 . 

This is the largest of the operating companies in Brazil, having 76.7 P er_ 
cent of the total number of telephones in service in 1939 * IP serves an area 
of 103,452 square miles possessing a population cf 13,260,000. As shown on the 
accompanying map, its lines connect practically all towns and cities of impor¬ 
tance in the Federal District and the States of Eio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais 
and Sao Paulo. Of the 208,633 telephones in service in 1939.? 154,4f4 or 74 
percent were of the automatic type. 

Franchises 


The telephone franchise in the city of Eio do Janeiro is exclusive to 1950* 
Of the other franchises some are for long periods and some arc for comparatively 
short periods, the latter usually being exclusive . 


Officers 

Officei’s of the Brazilian Telephone Company are as follows: 

President - Sir Herbert Couzens, K.B.E. 

Vice President - Walter Gcw, Toronto. 

Vice President - A.W.K. Billings, Eio de Janeiro 
Secretary and Treasurer - A. W. Adams, Toronto 
General Manager - H. L. Banfill. 

Directors of the company arc as follows: 

Sir A. Mac kenzic 

Sir Herbert Couzens, K.B.E. 

S. G. Crowell 
Walter Gow, Toronto. 

A.W.K. Billings, Eio de Janeiro 
E. de Souza, Eao Paulo 
A. W. Adams, Toronto. 

New Installation s Made in 1941 . 

During 1941, the Company connected its toll system to Cabo Frio and Sao Joano 
de Barra and. also proceeded with the connection to Angra dos Ecis. The latter, 
however, was not completed at the end of 1941. An underground cable was install¬ 
ed between Caixas and Petropolis to provide additional toll services between Eio 
and Petropolis. A new exchange building, in Petropolis was completed to'accommo¬ 
date new automatic equipment, and in Corocaba in the State of Sao Paulo, addition¬ 
al equipment was installed for yCO lines. 


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Stall at leal Summary - lp4l 

Number of telephones - 224,069 
Average daily calls - 4,242,847 
Population served - 13,260,000 (1940) 

Area served (square miles) - 103,432 (1939) 
Wire strung (miles) - 1,166,838 
Pole lines (miles) - 7A39 





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iNTE-hliATIQNAI TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 


The Company serves 39 localities, and has a total of 22,337 telephones in 
service. This represents 8.2 percent of the total number of telephones in 
service in Brazil. Of these telephones 9,0C0 are automatic, 6,222 are of the 
central battery type, and 7,115 are of the magneto type. 

Local operating companies of the International Telephone and Telegraph 
Company and details of their services are as follows: 

Companhia Telephonica Paranaense, Ltda. - Curityba 

Operates in: Curityba, Ponta Grossa, Paranagua, Antcnina, 

Castro, Palmeira, Irati, Morretes, Fernandes 
Pinheiro, Teixeira Soares, Casanbehy, Porto 
Amazonas, Sao Luiz, Campo Largo, Campo Compido, 

Villa Balnearia, Guaratuba, Mat.inlics and Gayaba. 

Type of equipment - Central Battery and Magneto 

Number of stations - Curityba - 3 , 672 , Pcnta Grossa 536, Paranagua 
356, Irati 115, and Antonina 9$* 

Companhia Telephonica Eio Grandense - Porto Alegre 

Operates in - Porto Alegre, Eio Grande, Bage, Santa Maria, Caxias, 
and several other localities throughout the State of Eio Grande do Sul. 

Type of equipment - Automatic in the above mentioned exchanges and Central 
Battery Manual and Magneto in all others which comprise approximately 50 percent 
of the toral number of lines in service. 

Number of stations - 18,000 total. 


EMEEEZAS ELECTBICAS BRASILEIRAS 


The Emprezas Electricas Brasileiras is a subsidiary of the American and 
Foreign Power Company, Incorporated. The American and Foreign Power Company is 
a United States corporation which is controlled by the Electric Bond and Share 
Company. 

The Emprezas Electricas Brasileiras serves 10 localities with a total of 
11,616 telephones representing 4.2 percent of the total telephones in Brazil. 

Of this total 9,763 are automatic, 1,699 are of the central battery type and 154 
are of -the magneto type. 


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The description of the individual operating companies of the system 
follows: 

Companhia Forca e Luz Nordeste do Brazil. - Macelo 

State of Alagcas 

Operates in. - Maceio only 

Type of Equipment - Siemens Automatic 

Number of Stations - 645 

Companhia Energia Ele-ctrioa da. Bahia - Sac Salvador 

State of Bahia 

Operates in - Sao Salvador and vicinity 

Type of equipment - International Standard Electric Corporation 
Automatic at Sao Salvador - Common battery and .magneto manual at 
all others. 

Number of stations - 4,800 automatic 

1,200 central battery and magneto 

Companhia Central Br a sile i ro de Forca Electrica - Victoria 

State of Esperinto Santo 

Operates in: Victoria, Jucutuquara, Praia Compida, Santo Antonio, 
VilLp Velha and Paul. 

Type of equipment - Central battery manual at Victoria and 
Magneto Manual at all others. 


Number of Stations: 

Exchange 

Capacity 

In Service 


Victoria 

800 

71 6 


J ucutuquara 

50' 

23 


Praia Compida 

200 

84 


Santo Antonio 

20 

9 


Villa Velha 

30 

17 


Paul 

r .• 

-• 32 ' 

:' ' 21 


The Telephone Company of Pernambuco, - -Limited 


The Telephone Company of Pernambuco, Limited, was registered in Great 
Britain June 30, 1914. In September 1928, the Emprezas Electricas Brasileiras 
acquired the utilities of the city of Pernambuco (Recife). The Pernambuco 
Tramways' and Power Company, Limited, owns 45 percent of the capital stock, while 
the Companhia Brasileira de Forca Electrica owns 54 percent of the stock. 

The original concession of the Company was to expire in 1937* However, in 
1925 a new contract was entered into with the Government of Pernambuco which 
granted the Company exclusive righxs for the construction and operation of tele¬ 
phones in Pernambuco until December $1, 1974, with a further extension (without 
exclusive rights) until December 31; 1 990, 

The Telephone Company of Pernambuco operates in Recife only. Equipment used 
is Siemens Automatic. In 1939 the Company had 4,318 telephones in use, and in 
1941 this had increased to 4,423 telephones. 


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Companhia Eorca c Lnz Nordcste do Brazil - Natal 


State of F.io Grande do Norte 
Operates in: Natal only. 

Hype of equipment - Common "battery Manual and Magneto. 

Number of stations - Capacity 400, in service 3^3* 

Z-AEA TEL EPHON E COMPANY L IMITS!* (BRITISH) , LONDON 

The Para Telephone Company, Limited operates in Belem only. It’s 3; 2Ci 
telephones in service represents 1.2 percent of the total telephones in serv 
in Brazil. The equipment is all of the magneto type and cf Ericsson Manufac 

L. M. EF.IC6SGN COMPANY. 1 (SWEDISH ) 

Ccnpanhia Tclcphonica de Manaos - Manaos, State of Amazonas 
Operates in: Manaos only. 

Type of equipment - Ericsson automatic 
Number of stations - 1,000. 


BRAZILIAN OWNE D COMPANIES 

270 localities arc served "by Brazilian ownc-d companies "both Government 
and private. These companies have 25,265 telephones in service representing 
90 percent of the total telephones in Brazil. 9 j 287 arc automatic, 2,7^5 ere 
Central "battery, and 13,233 cf "the magneto type. 


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The names of these companies, ownership, areas served, type of equipment, 
and number of stations are as follows: 

STATE OF AMAZONAS 

Estrada de Ferro Madeira-Mamore - Porto Volho. 


Owned by: Federal Government. 

Operates in: Porto Yelho in Amazonas and Guajara, 

Mirim, Villa Murtinho, Presidente Marquee, 

Jacy Parana and Alto Madeira in the State 
of Matto Grosso. 

Type of Equipment: All Magneto Manual. 

Number of Stations: 5 0 at Porto Volho; no detail given 
on other localities. 

STATE OF BAHIA 

Empreza Telcphonica Sul Bahiana s/ A - Ilhcos 

Owned by: Co.mpanhia Viacao Sul Bahiana S/A (a subsidiary 
of the Instituto de Cacau, Bahia). 

Operates in: Ilhcos and Itabuna. 

Type of equipment: Magneto Manual. 

Number of Stations: 35 0 total. 

Municipio de Santarem - S a ntarcm . 

Owned by: Municipal Government. 

Operates in: Santarem, Gandu and Cape11a. 

Type of Equipment: Central Battery Manual.' 

Number of Stations: Maintains only public pay stations for long 
distance service. 


STATE OF CEARA 


Service Telcphonico-Prcfeitura Municipal de 
Fortaleza - Fortaleza. 

Owned by: Municipal Government 

Operates in: Fortaleza onl;y 

Type of Equipment: Ericsson Automatic. 

Number of Stations: Provision for 2,000 ultimate but has only 
a little over 1,000 at present. 

STATE OF ESPIKIT0 SANTO 


Co.mpanhia Electricidade Muquy do Sul - Mucuy . 

Owned by: Stockholders of above company which is incorporated. 
Operates in: Muquy, Joao Pessoa and Sao Pedro do 
Itabapoana. 

Type of Equipment: Magneto Manual (all) 

Number of stations: 70 total. 


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Scrvicc Tclofonico Estadual - Victoria 

Owned by: State Government cf Lspirito Sente 

Operates in: Maintains a network of 755*684 meters of open 


wire (8 conductors) connecting together 24 
localities- as follows: 


Town 

Typo of Equipment 

Stations 

Victoria 

Automatic 

100 

Cachociro do Itape- 


/ • 

mi rim 

Magneto 

20 

Colatina 

Cachocira dc S. Leo- 

Magneto 

10 

poldina 

Magneto 

18 

Affonso Claudio 

Magnet 0 

10 

Santa Theresa 

Magneto 

12 

Figucira do Santa 



Joanna 

. Magneto 

10 

Itaguassu 

Magneto 

10 

Cariacica 

Magneto 

10 

S. Joao de Petro 



polis 

Magneto 

10 

Sao Francisco 

Magneto 

cr 

V - 

Guarapary 

Magneto 

6 

Jabaquara 

Magneto 

5 

Anchieta 

Magneto 

l 

Alfredo Chaves 

Magneto 

s 

Iconha 

Magneto 

, c 

• ^ 

Eio Novo 

Magneto 

10 

Lagoa 

Magnetp 

s 

s' 

Ita 

Magnet 0 

.6 

Itanenga 

Magneto 

1 

Paineiras 

Magnet 0 

1 

Villa do Itapemirim 

Magneto 

1 

Barra do Itapemirim 

J4ag.net 0 

-1 

Marathayse 3 

Magneto ■ 

1 

STATE OF GOYAZ 

• — 


Empreza Telophonica Anapolis 

- Anapolis. 

• 


Owned by: - Senhor Washington Carvalho, 

Operates in: - Anapolis only. 

Type cf equipment: - Magneto Manual. 

Number of Stations: - 95* 


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Emprc-za Tclephonlca dc Burity Alegre - Burity Alegre 


Owned by: 


Operates in: 

-Burity only 

Type of equipment: 

-Magneto Manual. 

Number of Stations: 

-18. 

STATE OF MARANHAO 

# 

Companhia Telephonies 

de Maranhac - Sao Luiz. 

Owned by: 

-Stockholders of above company 


which is incorporat0d. 

Operates in: 

-Sao Luiz and Villa do Anil-. 

Type of equipment: 

-Ericsson Automatic at Sao Luiz 


and Magneto Manual at Villa do 


Anil. 

Number of Stations: 

-Sao Luiz is equipped for 1,150 


and has 760 in service. 


Villa d.o Anil has only 20. 

STATE OF MATTO GEOSSO 

Empreza Telephonica dc 

Cuiaba - Cuiaba 

Owned, by: 

-Lotufo & Irmao. 

Operates in: 

-Cuiaba, Vargas Grande, Coxipo 


da Ponte and Santo Antonio. 

Type of equipment: 

-All Magneto Manual. 

Number of Stations: 

-290 total. 

Empreza Telephonica Corumbacnsu - Corumba. 

Owned by: 


Operates in: 

-Corumba only. 

Type of equipment: 

-Magneto Manual. 

Number of Stations: 

- 

Empreza Telephonica de 

Campo Grande - Campo Grande . 

Owned by: 

-Se-nhor Ignacio Gomes. 

Operates in: 

-Campo Grande only 

Type of equipment: 

-Magneto Manual 

Number of stations: 

-I89. 

Estrada de Ferro Madeira-Mamore - Porto Vclho (State of 


Amazonas) 

Owned, by: -Federal Government. 

Operates in: -Guajara Mirim, Villa Murtinho, 

Presidents Marques, Jaci-Parana 
and Alto Madeira in the State of 
Matto Grosso besides properties 
in the State of Amazonas 


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■i3L.rc.dcL £c Ferro Madcira-Mumcrc - P orto Yelho (State of 

Amazonas) (Continued) 

» » - i* 

Type of equipment: -Magneto Manual. 

Number 6f Stations: -Not stated "but must be very few 

in each locality. 


Empreza Telephonies dc Villa Bella - Villa Bella. 


Owned by: 


-Senior Carlos Pereira Lcitc. 

Operates in: 


-Villa Bella only. 

Type cf Equipment: 


-Magnet0 Manual. 

Numbcr of stations: 


-24 

Empreza Tclcphonica 

de 

Ponte Laccrda - Ponte Laccrda 

Owned by: 

- 

-Sender Antonio Cclumbo. 

Operates in: 


-Ponte Laccrda only 

Type cf Equipment: 


-Magneto Manual. 

Number cf stations: 


-15 

' > 

Empreza Tclcphonica 

de 

Miranda - Miranda. 

Owned by: 


-The Miranda Estancia & Cia. Itda. 

Operates in: 


-Miranda and to Fazenda Bala. 

Type of Equipment: 


-All Magneto Manual. 

Number of Stations: 


-42 total. 

t 


Bode 'iclephonica do Tclcgrapho Nacional - Cuyaba. 


Corned by: -Federal Government 


Operates in: 

-Berculanea, • Correntes j Retire, 


-P.omao, Campo Formoso, Poccne 


and Rosario. 

Type of Equipment: 

-Magneto Manual. 

Numb er of St ations : 

-27 total. 

. '.'f 

STATE OE MINAS GEFAES 


Cempanhi a Minc ira dc ’ Ele ctr 

leidado - Juiz do Fora. 


Owned by: -Stockholders cf the above company 

-which is incorporated. 

Operates in: -Juiz dc Fora, Ag.ua Limpa, Bcmfica, 

Chacara, Coroncl Pacheco, Ccte- 
gipc, Lima Duarte, Mathias Barbosa 
Paulo .Lima, Penido, Porto das 
Flores, Rosario, Sant’Anna do 
.Deserto, Sao Francisco do Paulo, 
Sac Jose das Tree Ilhas, Socago, 
Sao Pedro do Alcantara, Valla- 
dares, Vargem Grande, Pedro 
Toixeira, Grama, and Sarandy. 


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Typo of Equipment -Ericsson Antomatic at Juiz do 

Fora and Magneto Manual at 
all others. 

Number of Stations: -Juiz dc Fora equipped for 2,000 

lines and has 1,582 in service. 
All others have a total of 
158 stations. 


Companhia Industrial Ouroprctana - OuroPrcto. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Number of stations 


-Stockholders of the above company 
which is incorporated. 

-Ouro Proto only. 

-Automatic (manufacture not stated) 


-205 


Companhia Energia Electrica dc Itabirito s/a - Itablrlto 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Stockholders of the above company 
which is incorporated. 

-Itabirito only. 

-Automatic (.manufacture not stated) 


-57 


Emprcza Melhoramcntos dc Nova Lima - Nova Lima. 


Owned by: 

z. % 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Companhia Forca c Luz dc Palmyra 
51. Bio, LF. 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 


Typo of Equipment: 
Number- of Stations: 


-Stockholders of the above company 
which is incorporated. 

-Nova Lima only. 

-Siemens & Halske Automatic. 

- 100 . 

- Eua 1 dc Marco No. 


-Stockholders of the above company 
which is incorporated. 

-Santos Lumont, Eubank da Camara, 
Bo.mfim dc Palymra, Sao Joao da 
Scrra, Lores do Parahybuna, 

Campo Alegre, Conceicao do For- 
rnoso, and Mantiqucira. 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-200 total. 


Companhia Telcphonlca Allianca Mineira S/A - Ponte Nova. 

Owned by: -Stockholders of the above company 

which is incorporated. 

Operates in: -Ponte Nova, Palmcira, Oratorios, 

Piedado, Santa Cruz do Escalvado, 
Barra Longa, Lorn Silverio, 
Jcquery, Abrc Campo, Eio Casca, 
Paul Soares, Pontal, Chopoto, 



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Type of Equipment: 

Humber of Stations: 

Rio Doce, Bandciras, Bituruna, 
Parada Paulista, Ferros, Lindoya 
and PisGamba. 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-150 total. 


Empreza Sao Gemldo - Oliveira. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

-Senhor A^aro Ferreira Rosa. 
-Oliveira, Japao, S. Francisco, 

Carmo da Matta and Antonio 

Type of Equipment: 

Justiniano. 

-All Magneto Manual. Number of 
Stations: 50 total. 

Empreza Telephonica do Formiga 

- Formiga. 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

-Senhor Elor Ferreira Vieira. 
-Formiga, Pains, Arcos, Porto 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Real, Cassia and Cassialandia. 

-All Magneto Manual (L.M. Ericsson) 
-120 total. 


Companhia Telephonica Sctc Lageas c Curvello - Curvello . 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

-Senhor Chamone Nac-ifo. 

-Curvcllo and Setc Lagoas. 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-37 total. 


Empreza Tclophonica do Pouso Alegre - Pouso Alegre . 


Owned by: 

-Dr. Jose Manccl dos Reis and Senhor 
-Alvaro de Oliveira Andrade. 

Type of Equipment: 

Numb er of St ations: 

-Pouso Alegre and Silvianopolis. 
-Magneto Manual. 

-83 

> 

Empreza Telephonica Dolabella - 

> 

Monte Santo. 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

-Monte Santo, Arceburgo, and Arari. 
-Magneto Manual. 


Telephonica Urbana - Cassia. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

- Municipa1 Government. 

-Cassia only. 

-Magneto Manual (German) 

-62. 

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Emprcza Tclcphonica-■dclLc.vras -: Lavras. 


Owned by: 
Operates in: 


Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Empreza Tclcphonica Joao Horacio 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 


■'{—Sahiior • .-Ari st i dc s Fons oca. 

-Lavras, Ijacy, Macaia, Laminarias 
.Paulo Freitas, Carrancas,.Perdoes 
Pibeirao Vermolho and Cervo. 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-97 total. 

- Nepomuccno . 

,-Scnhor Joao Horacio da Costa. 
-Nepomuccno only. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-23 


Companhia Telephonica Trespontana - Tres Pontas . 

Owned by: -Senhor Alexandra Schiavon 

Operates in: -Tres Pontes, Ponta Leite, Sant' 

Anna da Yargem, Campo Gcraes and 
Lores de Boa Espcranca. 

Type of Equipment: -All Magneto Manual. 

Number of Stations: -l6h total. 

Empreza Tclcphonica Jose Jayme Passqs - Lores da Boa 

Espcranca. 

Owned Ijy: -Senhor Jose Jayme Passes. 

Operates in: -Campo do Meio and Coquciral. 

Type of Equipment: -Magneto Manual. 

Number of Stations: -27 total. 


Empreza Intermunicipal de Carmo 

do Pio Claro . 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Empreza Tclcphonica de Guape - 


do Eio Claro - Carmo 


-Senhor Evaristo Sant’Anna 
-Carmo do Pio Claro and Conccicao 
Apparccida. 

-Magneto Manual. 

- 33 . 

mpe. 


Owned by: -Senhor Joao Lourcnco Bello. 

Operates in: -Guape and Capitolio. 

Type of Equipment: -Magneto Manual. 

Number of Stations: . -29 


> 


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-23- 

imprcza Tclcphonica do Alienas 

- Alfcnas. 

Owned By: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

-Senhor Komeu Viera. 

-Alfenas, Machado and Fama. 
-Magneto Manual. 

-100 total. 


Enpreza Telephonica de Araxa - Araxa. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 

-Municipal Government. 

-Araxa only. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-153. 


Pede Servico Telephcnico Municipal - Bon Successo. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

-Municipal Government. 

-Bon Successo, Santo Antonio do 
Amparo, Lavras and Oliveira. 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-36 total. 


Enpreza Telephoneca do Municipio de Bello Canpo - 


Bello Canpo. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 

-Municipal Government. 

-Bello Campo only. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-78. 

Enpreza Telephonica Vicosense - 

- Vicosa. 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

-Vlcosa, Coimbra, Cajury, Canaan, 
Sao Miguel do Anta, Sao Jose dcs 
Triumphcs, Cachceirinha, Sao 
Bento, Sao Vicente do Gramma, 
Patrcnato, Varginha, Sylvestre, 
Boa Vista, Porto Seguro, Herval. 
Araponga, Teixeiras, Pedra do 
Anta. 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

-All Magneto Manual. 


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-24- 


Companhia Telephonica Municipal - 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 


Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Companhia Telephonica Municipal - 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 


Type of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


Piranga. 

-Municipal Government. 

-Calambau, Piraguara, Sao Caetano 
do Chopoto, Yictorino Braga, 

Porto Seguro and Merces. 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-76 total. 

Alto do Pio Doce. 

-Municipal Government. 

-Alto do Pio Doco, Arco Verde, 
Dores do Turvo, Sao Domingos de - 
Monte Alegre, Sebastiao de Abreu, 
Merces and Victorinos. 

-Magneto Manual (All) 

-20 total. 


Companhia Telephonica "Saudense" - Dcm Sllyerio. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Stockholders of the above company 
which is incorporated. 

-Dorn Silverio and Alvinopolis. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-Maintains only public toll 
stations and does not have local 
subscribers. 


Emprcza Telephonica Municipal - 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Emprcza Telephonica de Guarara 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Numb er of St ations: 

Companhia Telephonica Municip. 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 


Pomba. 

-Municipal Government. 
-Pomba and Silveira. 
-Magneto Manual. 

-32 total. 

Guarara,-. 


-Guarara and Maripa 
-All Magneto Manual. 


- Para de Minas . 

-Municipal Government. 

-Para de Minas, Sao Goncalo, 
Igaratinga and Varginha. 
-All Magneto Manual. 

-36 total. 


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Emprc-za Telephonica de Sao Joao del Rey - S. Joao del Ecy , 


Owned by: 
Operates in: 


Type of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Senhor Ananias de Castro Teixeira 
-Sao Joao del Rey, Sap Francisco 
da Onca, Victoria, Conceicao da 
Barra and Santa Rita. 

-All Magnet© Manual. 

-220 total. 


Empreza Telephonica Alexandre Villela - Carvalhos. 


Owned by: 
Operates in: 


Type of Equipment: 

IJumber of stations: 

Empreza Telephonica de Are-ado - 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of stations: 


-Senhor Alexandre Villela. 
-Ayuroca, Serranos, Estacao do 
Serranos, Carvalhos, Liberdade, 
Bocaina and Bom Jardin. 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-117 total. 

Areado. 


-Arcade, Mcvimcnto and Bivisa. 
-All Magneto Manual. 


Empreza Telephonica do Gimirlm - Gimirim. 


Cwned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 
Number of stations 


-Senhor Eoneu Vieira. 
-Gimirim only. 

-Magneto Manua1. 

PZ 

~ J • 


Empreza Telephonica de Uberaba., Ltda. - Uberaba. 


Owned by: 
Operates in: 


Type of equipment: 


Humber of Stations: 

Empreza Telephonica Teixc-rinha - 


-Senhor Alexandra da Cunha Campos. 

-Uberaba, Verissimo, Bores do 
Campo, Formosc and Congcnhas do 
Alagoas. 

-Now entirely magneto manual but 
new Ericsson Automatic' equipment 
is currently being installed at 
Uberaba. : 

-Uberaba, 550; all others - 150 total 
Ube-rlandia. 


Owned by: -Senhor Tito Teixeira. 

Operates in: -Ubcrlandia, Ituyutaba, Monte 

Alcgre, Typacyguara in Minas 
Geraes, and Santa Rita do Parana- 
hyba in Goyas. 


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Type of Equipment: 


Number of stations 


-Ericsson Automatic at Uberlandia 
Magneto Manual at all others. 
-500 at Uberlandia; J2k total at 
all others* 


Emprcza Telephonica de Sacramento - Sacramento. 


Owned by:. 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Municipal Government. 
-Sacramento only. 
-Magneto Manual. 

-57. 


Emprcza Telephonica de Conquista - Conquista. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 
Number of stations: 


-Scnhor Tancredo Franca Junior 
■Conquista only. 

■Magneto Manual. 

-6k. 


Emprcza Telephonica de Passos - Pas 


Owned by: 
Operates in: 


Type of Equipment: 
Number of stations 


-Scnhor Brigido Jose Bunardes, 
-Passos, Sao Joao Baptista da 
Gloria,, Sao Jose da Barra, 
Cachoeira and Toledos. 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-210 total. 


Emprcza Telephonica do Cabo Verde - Cabo Verde. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: -Cabo Verde only. 

Type of equipment: -Magneto Manual, 

Number of Stations: 

Emprcza Telephonica de Araguary - Araguary . 


Owned by: 

Operates In:. 

Type of equipment; 

Number of Stations: 

Emprcza Telephonica de Car.mo da 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Number of stations: 


-Araguary, Piracaiba and Amanheco 
-All Magneto Manual. 


Matta - Carmo da Matta. 


Carmo da Matta only. 
-Magneto Manual. 

-40 


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Empreza Forca e Luz Ferrense - Ferros. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: -Ferros only. 

Type of equipment: -Magneto Manual. 

Number of stations: 


Empreza Pinhal Telephonica - Pinhal (State of S. Paulo) 


Owned by: 
Operates in: 


Type of equipment: 
Number of stations: 


-Dr. Henrique Jorge Guedes 
-Andrades in Minas Geraes in 
addition to exchange in the 
State of Sao Paulo. 

-Magneto Manual 


STATE OF PAEAHYBA 

Empreza-Telephonica de Parahyba - Joao Pessoa . 

Owned by: -Yiuca Manoel Henrique de Sa. 

Operates in: -Joao Pessoa only. 

Type of Equipment: -Ericsson Automatic. 

Number of stations: -1,000 

Empreza Telephonica de Camgina Grande - Campina Grande 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 


-Prefeitura Municipal (Municipal 
Government) 

-Campina Grande only. 

-Ericsson Automatic-. 

-300. 


STATE OF PARANA 

Empreza Telephonica Norte do Parana, Ltda. - Cambara . 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 
Number of stations: 


-Clovis Siqueira & Irmaos. 

-Jacarezinho, Cambara, Inga and 
Santo Antonio da Platina. 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-260 total. 


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Empreza Sul Brasileira de Electricldade S. A. - 

Joinvilie (Santa Catharina) 


Owned "by: 


Operates in: 


Type of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Stockholders of the above company 
which is incorporated. 

-Eio Negro in Parana > besides 
exchanges in the State of Santa 
Catharina. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-110 in Eio Negro. 


Alexandre Schlemm S/A 


-Porto Uniao (Santa Catharina) 


Owned by: -Stockholders of the above company 

which is incorporated. 

Operates in: -Uniao da Victoria in the State of 

Parana and.Porto Uniao in State 
of Santa Catharina. 

Type of equipment: -Magneto Manual. 

Number of stations: -Equipment for 100 at Uniao da 

Victoria with 86 actually in service. 

Empreza Tclephonica de Fartura - Fartur a (State of Sao Paulo) 

-Senhor Joao Bertini. 

-Carlopolis and Joaqui.m Tavora in 
the State of Parana, in addition 
to exchanges in the state of Sao Paulo 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Number of stations: 


STATE OP’ PIAUHY 


Servlco Telephonico de Therez 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of stations: 


Piauhy. 

-State Government 
-Therezina only. 

-Siemens and Halske Automatic. 
-400. 


Prefeitura Municipal de Parnahyb a - P arnahyba . 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Municipal Government. 

-Parnahyba only. 

-Eri c s s on Aut o.mat i c. 

-200 installed; ultimate capacity 
900 lines. 


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STATE OP RIO DE JANEIRO 

Empreza Telcphonica de Nova Friburgo - Nova Friburgo . 


Owned by: 
Operates in: 


Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Companhia Te-lephonica de Valenca 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 


Type of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Numb or of Seations: 


-Stockholders of the above company 
which is incorporated.' 

-Nova Friburgo, Bom Jardim, Conse— 
lheiro Paulino, Rio Grande and 
Refugio. 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-350 total. 

Valenca. 

-Dr. Saverio Vito Pentagna. 
-Valenca, Engenheiro Dunhan, 
Juparana, Quirino and Fazena 
Chacrinha. 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-90 total. 

Barra Mansa . 

-Pr. Ote-lc Caiuby. 

-Barra Mansa only. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-?6. 


Companhia Rede- Telcphonica Bragantin a 


Empreza Telephonica Porciunculense - Itapcruna . 

Owned by: -Scnhor Attila Sobral Pinto. 

Operates in: -Antonio Cactano, Antonio Prado, 

Bananciras, Barreiro, Bom Jesus, 
Bom Successc, Calcadc, P. Emilia, 
Itabapoana, Itapcruna, Page 
Estacao, Lage Villa', Liberdade, 
Natividadc, Ouro Pino, Pinhotyba, 
Pirapetininga, Ponte Jose Carlos, 
Porciuncula, Querendc, Retiro, 
Sant*Anna do Itabapoana, Santo 
Antonio do Itabapoana, Sao Pedro 
do Itabapoana, Santo Eduardo, 

Sao Manoel, Tap era and Varro-Saiic 

Type of Equipment: -All Magneto Manual (Siemens & 

Halske and Ericsson) 

Number of Stations: -219 total 


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Empreza Teiephonica Bom Jesus - Bom Jesus do Itabapoana. . 

Owned by: 

Operates in: -Bom Jesus do Itabapoana and 

Calcados. 

Type of Equipment: -Magneto Manual. 

Number of stations: 


STATE OF F.IO GRANDE DO SUL- 


Companhia Teiephonica Melhoramento e Fesistencla - 

Pelotas 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Number of stations: 


-Stockholders of the above company 
which is incorporated. 

-Pelotas and Sao Louroneo. 

-Central Battery Manual. 

-2,k-S>b total. 


Empreza Teiephonica Municipal 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Empreza Teiephonica dc Guapor o 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Empreza Teiephonica Municipio ( 


Estrella . 

-Municipal Government. 
-Estrella only. 

-Central Battery Manual. 


- Guapore. 


-Guapore only. 
-Magneto Manual. 
-160. 

2 Lavras - Lavras 


Owned by: -Municipal Government 

Operates in: -Lavras only. 

Type of equipment: -Magneto Manual. 

Number of stations: -200. 


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STATE OF Sli CATHARINA 

CENTRAL OFFICES AND TOLL LINE NETWORK 


KilOMCTE AS 

LE6EN0 

A : AUTOMATIC 
C6: COMMON BATTERY 
M : MA6NETO 























































































































































“52- 

Empreza Telephonica de Lageado 


Owned : 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Empreza Telephonica de Encantado - Encantado. 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 


-Encantado. 
-Encantado only. 
-Magneto Manual. 


- Lageado . 


-Lageado only. 
-Magneto Manual. 


STATE OF SANTA CATHAFJNA 

Companhia Telephonica Catharinehse - Florianopolis. 


Owned by: 
Operates in: 


Type of Equipment: 


Number of Stations: 


-Stockholders in the above company 
which is incorporated. 

-Florianopolis, Blumenau, Itajahy 
and Laguna. 

-I.S.E. Corp. Automatic at Floriano 
polls: Ericsson Automatic at 
Blumenau; Magneto Manual at others 

-2,620 total. 


Empreza Telephonica de Brusque - Brusque. 

Owned by: 

Operates in: -Brusque only. 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: -71* 

Empreza Telephonica de Camboriu - Cambcriu 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Camboriu only. 
-Magneto Manual. 

- 12 . 


Empreza Telephonica de Gaspar - Caspar. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Gaspai only. 
-Magneto Manual. 

-15. 


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Empreza Telephonies de Hansa - Hansa. 




Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Hansa only. 
-Magneto Manual. 


- 11 . 


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Empreza Telephonlca de Itoupava Secca - Itoupava Secca . 


Owned by: 

Operates in: -Itoupava Secca only. 

Type of Equipment: -Magneto Manual. 

Number of Stations: -50. 


Empreza Telephonlca de Massaranduba - Massaranduba. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Typo of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 



-Massaranauba only. 
-Magneto Manual". 


- 10 . 


Empreza Telephonlca de Paraty - Paraty. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Paraty only. 

- Magne t o Mam ia. 1. 

-6 


Empreza Telephonlca do Sao Francisco Sao Francisco. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: . -Sao Francisco only. 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: -172 

Empreza Telephonlca Tijucas - Tijucas. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type oi equipment: 

Number of stations: 

Empreza Telephonlca Timbo - 

Owned b;y : 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 


-Tijucas only. 
-Magneto Manual. 
- 46 . . 

Timbo. 


-Timbo only. 

-Magnet o Manua1. 

-14. 


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Alexandre Schlemm S/a - Por to Uniao. • - 

Owned by: -Stockholders of the above company 

which is incorporated. 

Operates in: -Porto Uniao in Santa Catharina and 

Uniao de Victoria 4n Parana. 

Type of Equipment: -94 at Porto Uniao. 

Enprcza Sul Brasilcira dc Electric.idado S/a. - Joinvlllc. 

Owned by: -Stockholders of the above company 

which is incorporated. 

Operates in: -Joinville, Mafra and Itaopolis in 

Santa Catharina and Pio Negro in 
Parana. 

Type of Equipment: -Automatic in Joinville; Magneto 

Manual in all others. 


Number of Stations: -Joinville -553 

■ • . . Mafra -106 

Itaiopolis - 14 

Pio Negro -110. 


STATE OF SAP PAULO . 

Emprcza Telephonica Ararcnse - Araras 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Emprcza Telephonica dc Arcias - 

- ' -- —- - :---- 1 -- 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Emprcza Telephonica do Batatacs 

Ovaica by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Numbci of Stations: 


-Viuva Schmidt & Filhos. 
-Araras only 
-Magneto Manual. 

-194. 

Areia3. 

-Scnhor Jose Patrocinio Silva 
-Arcias only.: 


- Batatacs . 

-Senhor Francisco Tolies dc Menczcs. 
-Batatacs, Altinopolis, Brodosqui, 
Congonhal and Colcica 
-Magneto Manual. 

-Total of 402 of which 271 arc at 
Batatacs. 


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Empreza Tolephonica dc Birigu, 

CHmed "by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 


- Biriguy. 

-Senhor Joao Ccrnach 
-Biriguy; Aracatuba, Coroados 
Guararapes and Nipolandia. 
-Magneto Manual 
-510 total. 


Empreza Tolephonica dc Boa Espcranca - Boa E3poranca. 


Owned by: 
Operates in: 


Type of equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Senhor A. Juliano Bonardi. 

-Boa Espcranca, Gaviao Peixoto, 
Nova Europa, Ponte Alta and 
Tabatinga. 


Empreza Tolephonica do Bocayuva - Bocayuva . 

Owned by: -Municipal Government of Jahu 

Operates in: -Bocayuva only. 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 


Empreza Tolephonica de Bofete - Bofete. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 

Companhia Tolephonica Campo Largo 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 

Estrada dc Perro Campos de Jordao 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 


Type of equipment: 
Numb or of stations: 


-Municipal Government. 

-Bofete only. 

-Magneto Manual. 

“V* 

- Campo Largo . 

-Senhor Joao Baptista da Costa. 
-Campo Largo only. 

-Magneto Manual. 

- 10 . 

- Pindamonhangab a 

-State Government of Sao Paulo. 
-Campos do Jordao., Aberncssia, Bom 
Successo, Eugenio Lofovre, Pira- 
cuama, Sant’Annado Sapucahy-Mirim, 
Santo Antonio do Pinhal and Sao 
Bento do Sapuacahy. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-242 total. 


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Posto Telephonico Districtal - 

-Cascavel. 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment : 

Number of stations : 

-Municipal Government of Cascavel. 
-Cascavel only. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-Maintains onl\ a public pay- 
station for toll connections with 
lines 01 Companliia Tclephonica 
Brasileira. 

Empreza Tclephonica de Catanduva 

- Catanduva. 

Owned "by: 

Operates in: 

§ 

-Senhor Salamao Izar. 

-Catanduva, Caputira, Catigua, 
Elisiario, Itajobi, Marapuama, 
Mundo Novo, Sao Joao do Itaguassu, 
Villa Roberto, Villa Veado, Santa 
Adclia, Botelho and Urarahy. 

Type of equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

-Magneto Manual in all exchanges. 
-Catanduva -317 

-Itajcbi - 17 

-Mundo Novo - 13 

-Elisiario - 7 

-Catigua - 15 

-Santa Adelia - 37 

Public paystations for toll 
service at others. 

Empreza Tclephonica de Rio Preto 

- Rio Preto. 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

-Senhor Moyscs Haddad 
-Rio Preto, Barra Dourada, Borbo- 
lcta, Ccdral, Engenheiro Schmidt, 
Ibira, Ingai, Ipigua, Iaci, Jose 
Bonifacio, Mangaratu, Mirasol, 
Mirasolandia, Monte Aprazivcl, 
Nipoa, Nova Alliance, Nova Ita- 
pirema, Nova Granada, °'nda Verde, 
Potircndaba, F;ibeirae Claro, 
Tanabi, Uchoa; Villa Neves and 
Villa Poloni. 

Type of equipment: 

Number of 31ations: 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-517 total. 


Eupreza Tclephonica de Santa Adclia - Santa Adclia. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

-Senhor Jose August0 Cotrim. 

-Santa Adelia, Ururahy and Villa 
Botelho. 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 

— 




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Emprcza Tclcphonica dc Cordciro 

- Cordciro. 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: ' 

-Senhor Henrique Nias Lopes. 
-Cordciro only. 

Bede Tolcphonica ’’Cosmopolis'' 

-Cosmopolis. 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

-Senhor Dionisio Bosetti. 

-Arthur Nogucira, Cosmopolis and 
Jose Paulino. 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: * 

1Magneto Manual. 

-64 total. 

i. 

Emprcza Tolcphonica do Duartina - 

• Duartina. 

Ovnod by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 

-Senhor Jose Inacio Fernandes. 
-Duartina only. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-60. 


Emprcza Tclcphonica dc Bocinha c Vallinhos - Campinas. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

-Senhor Elcuterio Bodrigucs 
-Bocinha & Vallinhos. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-75. 


Emprcza Telephonies, dc Elias Fausto - Elias Fausto 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 

-Senhor Bage Maluf 
-Elias Fausto only 

Emprcza Tclcphonica de Fartura - 

Fartura. 

Owned by: 

-Senhor Joac- Bertin:’ (represented 
by Emilio del Cistla) 

Operates in: 

-Fartura, Bibeiropclis, Carlopolis 
and Joaquin Tavor?, (Carlopolis 
and Joaquim Tavorm are in Parana) 

Tune of Equipment: 

Number of stations: 

- 

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Eibeirao Bonito. 


Empreza Telephonica dc Guaraplranga 


Owned by: -Municipal Government of Eibeirao 

Bonito. 

Operates in: -Guarapiranga only. 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of stations: 


Empreza Telephcnica Ho t el Bouc ault 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Numb er of s t ations : 


Empreza Teleplionlca Hotel Gloria 

Ovmed by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 


Empreza Telephonica de Jaguary - 


Corned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 

S ervice Telephonica Municipal 

Ovmed by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Numb er of St ations: 

Empreza Telephonica de Leme - 

Ovmed by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 


- , Lindoya . 

-Senhor J:se A. Boucault. 

-Hotel Boucault at Lindoya only. 
-Magneto Manual. 

-Has - only one station for providing 
connection with toll lines of 
Cia. Telephonica Brasileira; 

- Lindoya. 


-Dr. Francisco Tozzi 

-Hotel Gloria at Lindoya only. 

-Magnet o Manual. 

-Has only one station for providing 
connection with toll lines of 

C.T.B. 

Jaguary . 

-Senhor Moyses Tvratto 
-Jaguary . only. 


Jardlnopolis . 

- Muni c i pa 1 Government'. 
-Jardlnopolis, Porangaba and 
Sarandi.. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-136. 


Leme. 

-- ! . . 

-Senhor Jose Sylvestre de Carvalh 
-Leme and Smita Cruz de Conceicao 


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Empreza Telephonica de Ll.moira - Llmeira . 

Corned by: -Associacao Telephonica de Llmeira 

(which in turn is owned by Sr. 
Joaquim Fernandes da Costa) 
Operates in: -Llmeira only. 

Number of Stations: 

Empreza Telephonica de Martin Francisco - Martin Francisco . 

Owned by: -Senhor Francisco de Campos 

Operates in: -Martin Francisco and Posse de 

pessaca. 

Type of equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Companhla Me-lh or ament os de Monte Alto - Monte Alt o. 

Owned by: -Dr. Luiz Zaccarias de Lima. 

Operates in: -Apparecida do Monte Alto, Fer¬ 

nando Prestes, Monte Alto, 

Villa Camargo and Vista Alegre. 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of stations: 

Empreza Telephonica Pirangyense 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 


Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Empreza Telephonica de Monta Mor - Monte Mcr. 


- Pirangy . 

-Senhor Moyses Miguel Haddad 
-Ariranha, Irapua, Jacauna, Japura 
Novo Horizonte, Palmares, Pindo- 
rama, Pirangy and Tabapua. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Empreza Telephonica de Nova Odes 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment:. 

Number of stations: 


-Senhor Page Maluf 
-Monte Mor and Elias Fausto 
-Magneto Manual 

-57. 

- Nova Odessa . 

-Senhor Mario Valente 
-Nova Odessa only. 


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Empreza Telephonica Oestc Paulista - Vargcm Grande. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of stations: 

Empreza Telephonica de Orlandia - 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 


Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 

Empreza Telephonica de Patrocinio 
cinic do Sapucahy . 

Owned by: 


Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Senhor Primo Ortolani 
-Casa Branca, Itobi and Vargem 
Grande. 


Orlandia. 

-Senhor Augusto Diniz Junqueira. 
-Orlandia, Guayra, Morro Agudo, 
Nuporanga, Sant’Anna dos Olhos 
D’Agua, Salles de Oliveira and 
Sao Joaquim. 

-All Magneto Manual. 

-373 total. 

do Sapucahy - Fatro- 


-Soares & Cia. (Srs. Joviano 
Soares and Affonso de Andrade 
Nogueira) 

-Patrocinio do Sapucahy and Ityrapua 
-Magneto Manual. 

-110 total. 


Empreza Telephonica Paulista - Bariri . 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 
Number of stations: 


-Senhor Oreste Geraldi 

-Bariri, Itaju, Soturna and lacanga 

-Magneto Manual. 

-l^O total. 


Empreza Telephonica do Pcdrcgulho 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Numb or of Stations: 


- Pcdrcgulho 

-Senhor Gcraldo Silva Nogueira. 
-Pcdrcgulho, Alto da Scrra, Igacaba 
Eifaina and Toquary 
-All Magneto Manual. 

-52 total. 


Empreza Pinhal Telephonica - Pinhal. 


Owned by r : 
Operates in: 


Type of equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Dr. Henriquo Jorge Guodes. 

-Pinhal, Nova Louza, Santo Antonio 
do Jardim in the State of Sao 
Paulo and Andrades in Minas Gcrac-s. 


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Emproza Telephonica do Pirassununga - Pirassununga .• 

Owned by: -Senhor Antonio Zerbctto 

Operates in: -Pirassununga only. 

Type of equipment: 

Number of Stations: 

Empreza Tolophonica de Porto Ferr e ira -• P rto Ferreira . 

-Senhor Antonio Zerbetto 
-Porto Ferreira only. 


Empreza Telephonica de Elbeir a o Preto - pibeirao Preto . 

Owned by: -Camara Municipal de Pibeirao Preto. 

Operates in: -Pibeirao Preto and Villa Bomfim. 

Type of equipment: -Magneto Manual. 

Number of Stations: - 1,^00 total. 

Empreza de Telephonica de 'Pcboncas - Pcboucas. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 
Number of stations: 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 
Number of stations: 


-J. P. Fenley & Cia. 
-•Peboucas only. 
-Magnet o Manua1. 

- 20 . 


Empreza Telephonica de Pedencao - Pedencao .' 

Owned by: -Municipal Government. 

Ox crates in: -pedencao only. 

Type of equipment: 

Numb or of stations: 


Emproza Telephonica de Pio Pardcnso - Sao Jose; do 

Pio Pardo. 



Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 

Empreza Telephonica de Taplratiba 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of Stations: 


-Senhor J. A. Junqueira Sobrinho. 
-Sao Jose do Pio Pardo., Sape- 
cado and Grama. 


- Taplratiba. 

-Senhor Adclino de Paulo Lima 
-Tapiratiba only. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-100 installed; 50 in service. 


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Empreza Telephcnica Inter-Municipal Cacodcn sc. - Tapiratiba . 


Owned 'by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 
Number of stations: 


-Senhor Adclino do Paula Lima. 
-Cacondo only. 

-Magneto Manual. 

-00 installed; 35 in service. 


Empreza T^L-phonlca de Santa Barbara - Santa Barbar a. 


Owned by: -Senhor Joao da Silva Christovam. 

Operates in: -Santa Barbara only. 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 

Empreza Telephcnica "Santa Branca" - Santa Branca . 

Senhor Luiz Ribciro Porto 
Santa Branca only. 

Magneto Manual. 

31 . 


Owned by: 

Or crates in: 

Type of equipment: 
Number of stations: 


Empreza Telephcnica Saint a Ernestina - Santa Ernest ina. 


'Ovmed by: 

Operates in: 

Type of .equipment: 

Number of stations: 

Empreza Telephonica Santa Pitense 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of stations:- 

Empreza Telephonica "Scrra Negra " 


-Senhora Erminia Xavier Coelho. 
-Santa Ernestina only. 


- Santa Pita. 


-Senhor Francisco Olympic do Freitas. 
-Santa Rita, Tambahu and Palmerios. 
-All Magneto Manual. 

-l 60 total. 

- Scrra Negra. 


•Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 

Centro Telephonico Uncnsc - Una . 

Ovmed by: 

Operates in: • ; - 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of stations.: 


-Senhor Misack Papo Nogucira. 
-Scrra Negra only. 

-Magneto Manna1. 

- 100 . 


-M mi c ipal Government. 
-Una and Sao P.oque. 
-Magneto Manual. 

-23 octal. 









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Aramina. 


Empreza Telephonjca dc Aramlna - 


Owned by : 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of stations: 

Empireza Tclcphonica dc Igarapava 

O^med by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 


-Aramina only. 

-Magneto Manua1. 

- 18 . 

- Igarapava. 

-Igarapava, Buritys, Aramina and 
Uniao. 

-All magneto manual. 

-262 total. 


Empreza Tclcphonica do Matto Dcntro - Matto Dcntro . 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 
Number of stations: 


-Matto Dcntro only. 


-Magneto Manual. 

- 12 . 


Empreza Tclcphonica dc Miguclopolis - Miguelopolis. 


Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of Equipment: 

Number of stations: 

Empreza Tclcphonica dc Santo 
Antonio do Jardim. 

Owned by: 

Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 

Number of stations: 


-Miguelopolis only. 
-Magneto Manual. 

-P?. 

Antonio do Jardim - Santo 


-Antonio 

-Santo/do Jardim only. 
-Magnct o Manua1. 

- 20 . 


STATE OF SEPGIPE 

Empreza Tclcphonica dc Aracaju - Aracaju. 


Owned by: 


Operates in: 

Type of equipment: 
Number of Stations: 


-Stockholders of the above company 
which is incorporated. (Prin¬ 
cipal stockholder is Scnhor 
Dcochides Paes dc Azevedo who 
also operates the company.) 
-Aracaju only. 

-Magneto Manual (Kellogg) 

-Approximat ely 500 . 


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TELEGRAPH . - . 

The electric telegraph service was introduced in Brazil in 1852 to replace 
the optical telegraph system. In l8>7 the Federal Capital was connected with 
the nearly city of Petropolis, and by 1886 the telegraph lines had reached the 
city of Belem. From this point a cable later connected Brazil to North America. 
The establishment of the Fepublic of Brazil in 1889 brought new ideas concerning 
the management of public services. The new constitution authorized the States 
to construct telegraph lines in their own territory and also to points, in 
adjacent States not reached by the Federal telegraph. Provision was .made that 
such lines might be acquired later on by the Federal Government. The railroads 
of Brazil were also instrumental in building up the telegraph network, accounting 
for most of the private lines built. The mileage of telegraph line controlled 
by the Government amounts to approximately half of all lines. 

The development of the telegraph from 1929 to 1959 in terms of length of 
lines and number of messages is shown in Table TV. 

Table TV 

State Telegraph Development in Brazil, 1929-1959 

Telegraph Net Telegraph Correspondence 

Year (Miles) (000 omitted) 



Length of lines 

Length of wires 

Telegrams 

Words 

1929 

55,725 

69,608 

6,020 

96,344 

1950 

36 , 5^8 

70,974 

5,542 

92,177 

1951 

36 ,734 

70,595 

7,711 

121,081 

1952 

57,208 

71,149 

8,080 

151,028 

1955 

57,005 

71,900 

8,556 

160,549 

1934 

36,405 

70,614 

8,872 

176,461 

1955 

57,501 

72,998 

9,870 

175,404 

1956 

57,775 

73,492 

10,470 

204,057 

1957 

38,089 

74,383 

10,604 

240,126 

1938 

38,317 

75,034 

14,976 

560,868 

1959 

58,668 

75,644 

16,259 

363,978 


Regulations 

The various postal and telegraphic services wore unified by virtue of 
Decree No. 20,859 of December 1951, which placed the regulation and operation 
of postal and telecommunication services under the "Ministerio da Viacao Obras 
Publicas" (Ministry of Transportation and Public Works). This ministry is 
divided into eight bureaus, one of which, the Department dos Correics e 
Telegrafos (Bureau of Posts and Telegraphs), is concerned with the control and 
operation of communications in Brazil. 


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The Bureau of Posts and Telegraphs has two technical directorates and two 
traffic superindentendices, one for the telegraphic service and the other.for. 
the postal service. The general directing department has headquarters at Rio de 
Janeiro with regional department offices in; the capitals of the States and in 
some of the cities of the interior. The outline of- the divisions and sections 
of the Bureau is as follows: 

1. Technical Division of Telegraphs 

(a) Telegraph and Telephone Services 
.(h)-Radio Communication Services 
- c) : Economic and Financial Services 

1 t • \ ■ -s V • • i ' ...•■• . 

2. Superintendent of Telegraph Traffic 

p. Personnel Division. 

(a) Administrative Section 

(b) Records Section: . 

(c) Economic Services .Section ' eee 

4. Materials Division 

(a) Buildings Section 
(h) Warehouse Section 

,(c) Economic Section . 

(d) 'Stamp Treasury Section 

(e) Shop Section 

9. Technical Division of Posts 

- (a) International- Postal Service Section 
(h) National Postal Service Section 
(c) Economic and Financial Service Section 

6. Superintendent of Postal Traffic 

7. Protocol Division. 

8.. Sectional Accounting Office of Ministry of Finance 

• ' ■ ‘ • • 

9 . Federal District Registry Treasurer 

10. Division of Legal Counsel 

11. Division of Investigation 

, ■* \ MM 

12. Radio Technical. Commission 

At the head of the Technical Division of Telegraphs is .a- director under whose 
direction the Division .handles all subjects and problems relating to holograph 
service. This Division’s services arc handled by three sections described below: 


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(a) Telegraph and Telephone Service: This section is concerned with the 
construction, maintenance, and operation of the telegraph service as well as 
technical telephone and telegraph problems. It also maintains registers of 
telegraph lines and of official telephone networks throughout the country. 

0>) Eadio Communication Services: This section is concerned with the 
establishment and operation of radio communications and the technical problems 
relating thereto. It distributes call letter and frequency characteristics in 
cooperation with the Eadio Technical Commission. The section also maintains 
research libraries. 

* *> 4 

(c) Economic and Financial Services: This section handles the accounts 
pertaining to the rclcgraph service. 

Decree No. 21,701 of August 1932, defines more clearly certain aspects 
of the telegraph service. Pertinent Articles of this Decree arc as follows: 

Article 1--It devolves exclusively upon the Federal Government to regulate 
and fiscalize the exploitation and execution of -telegraph service in the 
whole national territory, in accordance with the precepts of Decree No. 
19,881 of April 17, 1931. 

Article 3--For the effects of these regulations, the following arc 
considered as telegraph networks:--that of the Department of Posts and 
Telegraphs, those belonging to each one of the railways, and those of the 
companies which execute public telegraph service. 

Article ^--Telegraph service is considered:. 

(a) interior, when executed between points of the national territory. 

(b) international, when executed between the national territory and 
the exterior. 

Article 7 --According to the manner of exocution, telegraph service 
is considered: 

(a) in exclusive traffic, when done by only one telegraph network. 

0>) in mutual traffic, when executed by two or more networks. 

Article 8--Interior telegraph service shall be executed by the Department 
of Posts and Telegraphs. 

Telegraph Network 


As provided in Decree No. 21,701 there arc actually three telegraph networks 
in Brazil. These consist of the lines operated by the Department of Posts and 
Telegraphs, those operated by the railways, and those operated by the companies 
which execute public telegraph service. While domestic telegraph service is a 
function of the Government, the other networks may provide such .service under 
restricted conditions, especially in areas not served by the Department. 


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In 1940 there was a total of 113,000 miles of telegraph wire in Brazil 
representing 1.68 percent of the world’s total. This amounted to 0.26 miles of 
wire per 100 population as compared with 1.75 miles for the United States and 
0.4l miles for all of South America in the same year. By January 1, 1942, this 
total had increased to 134,892 .miles. 

National Network 

In 1941 the telegraph network operated by the Department of Posts and 
Telegraphs amounted to 38,440 miles of line and 77*500 .miles of wire. There was 
in 1959 a total of 1609 stations. The Department employs about 30*000 people, 
of which 2,300 arc telegraph operators. 

As indicated on the .map, the telegraph lines arc concentrated mainly in 
the eastern coastal states of Brazil. Table V shows by regions the length of 
lines and length of wire in the network in 1959 * 

Since unification of the postal and telegraph services took place, improve¬ 
ments have been made in the form of better technical Installations. Five 
Marconi automatic stations (radiotclcgraphy and radiotclephony) were installed 
for the traffic between Eio de Janeiro and Bahia, Eecife, Fortaleza and Bele.m - 
in the North-and Porto Alegre in the South. This provides a rapid means of 
communication between these centers. A high-speed Wheatstone automatic tele¬ 
graph system is also used between Eio de Janeiro and the cities of Porto Alegre 
and Eecife. 

Telegraph traffic carried by the National Telegraph System for the year- 
1939 is as follows: 


■* Transmitted 
‘Eeceived 
Transit 


Number of 
messages 

16,258,655 

16,947,855 

19,688,559 


Number of 
words 

363*978,348 

351*207,184 

371*022,443 


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Table V 

BRAZIL: Length of Lines and Length of Wire of the State Telegraph Network 

in 1939 "by Administrative Legions. 


Legion 

Length of Line 

Length of Wire 


(Miles) 

(Miles) 

i-ara 

33 ^ 

865 

Maraha 0 

2,101 

3,895 

Paiui 

1,563 

2,641 

Ceara 

2,055 

3,961 

Rio Grande do Norte 

1,213 

2,262 

Paraiba 

1,212 

1,686 

Pernambuco 

1,664 

3,121 

Alagoas 

576 

1,229 

Sergipe 

411 

1,029 

Bala 

3,987 

8,769 

Fsperitc Santo 

788 

1,773 

Pio de Janeiro 

1,158 

7,080 

Distrito Federal 

454 

3,281 

Sao Paulo 

1,959 

5,225 

Ribeirao Preto 

448 

834 

Parana 

1,575 

3,019 

Santa Catarina 

2,187 

3,819 

Flo Grande do Sul 

1 , 9 H 

1,253 

Sanaa Maria 

1,420 

2,575 

Juiz de Fora 

985 

1,860 

Campanha 

1,101 

1,220 

Minas Gerais 

1,786 

3,112 

Biamantina 

l, 4 l 8 

2,550 

liberal a 

641 

816 

Goiaz 

1,285 

1,663 

Cuiaba 

1,441 

1,911 

Campo Grande 

1,286 

2,233 

Chi de Porto Yelho 

699 

699 

Total 

37,958 

77,118 


Note: Figures on length of telegraph line vary slightly depending 
upon source of data. 


2-12801 


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Railway Network 

Since interior telegraph service' is by decree a function of the Department 
of Posts and Telegraphs> similar service performed by the railroads is restrict¬ 
ed by Decree No. 21/701 of August Jrd, 1932. Article 9 of this Decree states 
as follows: 

The railways operating under federal or state concession and those be¬ 
longing to the Union or to the states, administered by the respective 
Governments or rented to third parties, shall execute the telegraph 
service relating to their administrations and to their own railway 
traffic; they shall only be permitted, to execute public telegraph 
service between stations served by their rails if they obtain permis¬ 
sion from the Federal Government. 

In towns or localities where there exists telegraph service of the 
Department of Posts and Telegraphs and In those where such service .may 
be done in the future, the railways shall not be permitted to deliver 
telegraph service to the addressees. 

The railways operating under federal or state concession which are 
already executing public telegraph service, shall continue to do so, 
observing the provisions of the federal regulations which are appli¬ 
cable to same and in conformity with their present concessions, which 
latter cannot be amplified nor the respective terms of duration extend¬ 
ed as regards this service. 

The railways referred to in this article must .maintain their telegraph 
lines in condition to receive one cr two wires for the use of the De¬ 
partment of Posts and Telegraphs who shall pay for the .maintenance 
thereof. 

The effect of the decree, then, is to restrict public telegraph service .of 
the railroads to localities not served by the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. 

The railways provide 21,080 miles of line and 2,59^ stations which have 
interexchange agreements with those operated by the Department. Table VI shows 
the names of these railways and the number of stations operated by each. 


2-12891 



BRAZIL: Railway Companies ana Telephone Companies having Interchange 
Agreements with the Department of Pests and Telegraphs, 

1939 . 


Admi ni s t rat i ons 


Stations 


Estrada de Ferre Central do Brasil 


11 

If 

Central do Paiui 


u 

tl 

de Sao Francisee 


tt 

It 

Baia ao Sao Francisco 


It 

tl 

Central da Baia 


t; 

t» 

Nazari 


1: 

tl 

Mossere 


It 


Marica 


(1 

tt 

Vitoria a Minas 


It 

tt 

S. Paulo ao Rio Grande 


tl 

it 

Parana 


It 

it 

Norte do Parana 

. 

tt 

it 

B. Teresa Cristina 


tl 

tt 

Sorocabana 


It 

fi 

Norocstc do Brasil 


It 


Baturite 


It 

fa 

Sobral 


II 

tl 

" . do Geiaz 


It 

ft 

Oc-ste de Minas 


It 

1 ? 

Sul de Minas 


cao 

Ferroa 

Pie Grande do Sul 



The Leopcldina Railway Company 
S. Paulo Railway Company' 

The Great Western Railway Company 
Cia. Pauli3ta de E. de Ferro 
Cia. Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro 
Cempanhia Telefonica Alianca Mincira 

Rio Grandonsc 

Total 


394 

7 

71 

26 

34 

25 

4 

16 

38 

10 ? 

36 

s~ 

o 

27 

226 

■81 

74 

18 

24 

170 

126 

194 

291 

kb 

182 

lol 

214 

32 

226 

2,894 


Company Networks 

A comparatively small additional part of the telegraph network is made up by 
lines operated by private telegraph companies. Most of those arc cable companies 
operating cables between certain coastal cities and also points cn the Amazon 
River. These will be discussed in greater detail under the section on cables. 

The Cempanhia Telephonica Rio Grandense, own.a by the International Telephone 
and Telegraph Company, operates a combined telegraph and telephone system cover¬ 
ing the State of Rio Grande do Sul. 


2-12891 












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RADIO COMMUNICATIONS 

Domestic radiotelegraph service is a monopoly of the Government. It is widely 
used in the interior of Brazil, "because of the great distance and difficulties 
in extending and telegraph lines. It is also used to considerable advantage 
between the principal cities when land lines are interrupted or the volume of 
traffic is heavy. The Department of Posts and Telegraphs in 1940 had in 
operation*including coastal stations, a total of 90 stations with 123 trans¬ 
mitters. The location of these stations, their call letters, frequency and 
power arc given in Table YII. 

The number of messages transmitted by each station in 1939 is shown in Table 
VIII. These figures become of even greater significance when it is realized 
that many interior points have no alternative communication system. Attention 
is called to the map showing location of these stations. 

The volume of radiotelegrams transmitted and received by each cf the coastal 
stations of Brazil for 1940 is as follows: 


Transmitted 


Received 


Station 


Telegrams 


Words 


Telegrams 


Words 


Amaralina 

Florianopolis 

Fortaleza 

Juncao 

Olinda 

Rio dc- Janeiro 
Salinas 
Santos 
Victoria 


Totals 


2,032 

3,236 

4,338 

1*691 

2,374 

3,640 

22,702 


1,610 

832 


949 


13,464 
16,654 
12,244 
23*917 
38,893 

389,772 

22,943 

28,799 

93,139 

643,823 


3,638 

1,896 

1,954 

2,381 

3,804 

10,781 

1,782 

2,824 

2,490 

31,550 


53,877 

28,431 

37,560 

32,593 

53,640 

144,047 

27,864 

35,382 

49,277 

462,671 


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Tab lc VII 


Government Radiotelegraph Stations in Brazil, 1940 


Station 


Number of 

Radio Call 

Frequency in 

Maximum 

Locations 


Transmitters 

Letters 

Kilocycles 

Power 






(Watts) 

Abaetc - 

PA 

1 

PVA-2 

5780 

50 

Alccbaca- 

PA 

1 

FVA-3 

8108 

50 

Alcmquer- 

PA 

1 

pva-4 

6800 

50 

Altamira- 

PA 

1 

PVA-3 

7895 

50 

Amapa- 

PA 

1 

PVA-7 

5845 

50 

Aracatuba- 

SP 

1 

PVA-9 

5720 

100 

Airmanduba- 

PA 

1 

PVB-4 

8108 

50 

Arraias - 

GO 

1 

FVB-3 

8955 

50 

Bahia - 

BA 

3 

FVB-7 

8108 

500 

11 

BA 


FVB-9 

10900 

500 

n 




5495 

1500 




(PQW-9 

10950 

1500 

Baliza - 

G0(1) 

1 

PVZ-9 

6316 

20 

Bauru 

SP 

1 

PVC-4 

5180 

200 

Belem - 

PA 

6 

PVC -6 

5820 

250 

it 



.(PQX-5 

16280 

2500 




(PQX-4 

8600 

2500 




(PQX -6 

12840 

2500 

n 




10148 

500 

ti 




11000 

1000 

11 




11627 

500 

Belem - 



PVZ-2 

16375 

400 

Bello 


• 




Horizonte- 

MG 

2 

PVP-4 

9300 

400 

11 



PVT-2 

12975 

500 

Benjamin 






Constant- 

AM 

1 

PVD -6 

6790 

50 

Boa Vista 






Rio Branco- 

AM 

1 

PVD-8 

6820 

150 

Boca do Acre-AM 

1 

FVE-2 

100 

3000 

Borba 

AM 

1 

PVE-3 

7426 

50 

Botucatu- 

SP 

1 

PVE-4 

5170 

250 

Brasilea- 

AR 

1 

PVE-5 

5450 

50 

Cachoeira- 

PA 

1 

PVE-7 

8660 

10c 

Caldas Novas-GO(l) 

1 

PVH-6 

8105 

25 

Campo Grande-MT 

2 

FvT-2 

10050 

250 

t; 



WA-8 

6882 

7 1/2 

Caracarai- 

AM( 1 ) 

1 

FT-4 

5910 

25 

Rio dc 

- 





Janeiro 

Rio 

4 

(fvg-6 

10545 

1500 

(Central 



(PVH-2 

5280 

1500 

station in 






Rio dc 






Janeiro) 



(PQV-4 

75100 

2500 

ti 



(PQW-3 

15050 

2500 

11 



PVG-7 

10800 

1000 




PQW-7 

14995 

2500 


2-12691 













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Table VII (Continued) 


Station 

Number of 

P.adio Call 

Frequency in Maximum. 

Locations 

Transmitters 

Letters 

Kilocycles Power 


(Watts) 


Clovelandia- 

- PA 

1 

FVH -7 

7910 

50 

Coari- 

AM 

. 1 

fvh-8 

6939 

50 

Codajaz - 

All 

1 

FVH -9 

5130 

50 

Conceicao 






do 






Araguaia- 

PA 

1 

PVI -2 

7895 

50 

Corumba- 

MT 

1 

PVI -3 

6990 

100 

Cruzeiro 





. . . 

do 






Sul- 

AR 

1 

pvi -5 

8960 

25 

Cuyaba-MT 

1 

1 

PVl -7 

67IO 

250 

Faro 

PA 

1 

PVJ -2 

7300 

5 P 

Fonte Boa- 

AM 

1 

PVJ-6 

6850 

. 50 

Fortaleza- 

CE 

2 

(PQX-8 

12893 

1500 




(EQX-T 

8960 

1500 




pvj-8 

10750 

500 

Fortaleza 




v •• • 


do 




* 


Abana- 

mt( 1) 

1 

PVH -9 

.6680 ' ’ 

25 

Foz do 




- 


Jamara- 

AM( 1 ) 

1 . . 

PWA -3 

5430 

20 

Goyaz 

GO 

1. 

pvj -9 

8690 

250 

Igarape- 

PA 

1 . . . . 

PVK -3 

. 8135 ■'' 

50 

Itacoatiara- 

-AM 

1 

PVK-6 

68l8 

50 

Itaituba- 

PA 

1 

PVK -7 

8135 

2 

Itaparica - 

BA 

- •; 1 

PVX-8 

6800 • 

20 

Joao Pessoa- 

-AM 

1 

PVX -9 

8590 

25 

Labrea- 

AM 

1 

PVK -7 

6818 

50 

Lins - 

SP 

. 1 

PVZ -4 

5860 

100 

Manac.apuru 

AM 

1 

PVM -2 

57^0 

15 

Manaus- 

AM 

6 

PVM -3 

5870 

' 800 

ti 



PVM -4 

6995 

250 

u 



PQM -2 

7985 

1000 

ii 

it 



PQM -3 

10640 

250 

ii 



PVM -5 

10830 

1000 

i; 



pvm-6 

12120 

80 G 

Manicore - 

AM 

•• 1 

FVN -2 

8720 

50 

Maraba 

PA 

1 

PVN -3 

7895 

50 

Marapanim- 

PA 

1 

fvn-4 

7692 

50 

Marilia- 

SP 

1 

PVZ -3 

5360 

100 

Maues - 

AM 

1 

PVN -5 

6820 

50 

Natividado- 

GO 

1 

PVN-9 

5425 

50 

Obidos - 

PA 

]. 

FVO-3 

5875 

50 

Oriximina- 

PA 

1 

FVO-4 

5215 

50 

Palma - 

GO 

)i 

pwa-4 

8165 

20 

Parintins- 

AM A 

1 

PVO-7 

5885 

50 

Pedro 

J 





Affonso- 

GO 

. 1 

PVP-2 

5290 

50 

Pcixe - 

GO 

1 

PWA-3 

7595 

20 

2-12891 




















Table VII (Continued) 


St ax. ion 

Locations 

Number of 
Transmitters 

Padic Call 
Letters 

Frequency in 
Kilocycles 

Maximum 

Power 

Porto Alegre-RS 

~Z 

J 

pvp-9 

1 C 240 

(Watts) 

10C0 

1: 


(PCX-2 

10340 

1500 

■* 


(PQX -3 

5765 

1500 

It 


fvp-8 

6720 

200 

Pcrto Nacional-GO 

1 

PVR -3 

8320 

50 

Porto Yolho- AM 

1 

I VP -4 

9340 

5C0 

Recife - PI 

5 

(PVQ-8 

9740 

1500 

ti 


(PVQ -7 

(FVQ -4 

6^42 

15773 

1500 

2500 

ti 


(FV 3-6 

FVS -4 

7895 

11690 

2500 

500 

lie Branco-AR 

3 

FVS -7 

16375 

250 



PVS-8 

8640 

500 

• I s • 


PV 3-9 

6775 

500 

Santarer- PA 

2 

pvx -5 

7375 

50 

Si 


PVX -5 

7375 

25 

Sena 

Madurcira - AR 

1 

PW -2 

100 

20000 

Sac Francisco das 
Jararacas- ?A(Near 
Alccbaca) ( 1 ) 

1 

pvt-8 

5825 

7 ly 

Sao Gabriel-AM( 1 ) 

1 

PVT -9 

6820 

50 

Sao Miguel 

dos Macacos-PA(l) 

1 

P\ 7 J -3 

7S90 

an . 

0 

Sao Miguel do 

Guana- PA( 1 ) 

1 

PVU -4 

5755 

50 

Sao Joao- MT(l) 

1 

PVJ -3 

6900 

25 

Sao Paulo- S? 

3 

PVU-6 

5040 

500 

il 


PVTJ -5 

6420 

200 

n 


pvu-6 

6820 

25 

Sao Paulo 
do 





Ciivenca- AM 

1 

FvGJ-9 

6910 

50 

Sao Vicente 
do 

Araguaia- ?A-(l) 

1 

PWA -2 

5425 

50 

Sant ? Ana 
do 

Paranaiba- M 

1 

FVY -9 

5710 

50 

Soure - PA 

1 

PVT -4 

6980 

50 

Taravaca- AP. 

1 

PVT -5 

5330 

15 

Ioffe 

1 

: FvT-7 : 

Ssio 

50 

Tocantinia- GC(l) 

1 

PVP -5 

5^95 

50 

arcs Lagoas-MT 

1 

ftz-6 

7970 

40 

Villa Fcijo-AE 

1 

• FVW -5 

5755 

50 


2-12391 







-56- 

Tahlc VII (Continued) 


Station 

Locations 


Xapury- 

AR 

Salinas Radio- 

(Coastal) 

Fortaleza 

Radio 

PA 

(Coastal) 

Olinda 

Radio 

CE 

(Coastal) 

PE 


ii 


Amaralina 
Radio 

(Coastal) BA 

n 

Victoria 
Radio 
(Coastal) 
(Fspirito 
Santo) 1 

Rio Radio 
(Coastal) 

Rio de 
Janeiro 

T! 

Rio Radio 

(Coastal) 

Rio de 

Janeiro 

n 

Santos 

Radio 

(Coastal)-SP 
Flcriano- 
polis 
Radio 
(Coastal) 
(Santa 
Catharina) 
Junceo Radio 
(Coastal)-RS 


Number of 
Transmitters 

Radio Call 
Letters 

Frequency in 
Kilocycles 

Maximum 

Power 




(Watts) 

1 

pvx-6 

5976 

50 

2 

PPL 

500 

5000 


PPL 

8333 

200 

1 

PPC 

500/127.6 

5000 

2 

PPO 

500 / 133.3 

5000 


PPO 

500 / 153.3 

5000 

2 

PPA 

500/151.8 

500 


PPA 

500/151.8 

5000 

1 

PFT 

500 / 136.3 

1500 

k 

PPR 

500/127.6 

800 


PPR 

500/127.6 

5000 


PPR 

8510 

250 


PPR 

12500 

1000 

1 

PPS 

500/133.3 

1500 


1 

PPF 

500 / 151.8 

1500 

1 

PPJ 

500 /U 56 

500 


TOTALS : Stations : 92 

Transmitters : 125 

Note: See map at front of this report for location of these stations. Stations 
marked l/ not shown on map. 

2-12891 

1 / 

.. I / , 

/' 1 


■>. 


< 











-57- 


Table VTII 


Services Performed by Government radio Communication Stations in Brazil 


. 

for 1939 

Transmitted 

Received 

Station 

Number of 

Number of 

Number of 

Number of 


telegrams 

words 

telegrams 

words 

Abaete 

4,97c 

80,436 

3,750 

66,025 

Alcobaca 

5,151 

111,741 

4,149 

79,226 

Alenquer 

2,570 

59,673 

2,492 

41,118 

Alt amira 

4,615 

121,148 

3,632 

75,469 

Amapa 

322 

8,413 

215 

6,015 

Aquidauana 

l ,623 

84,679 

4,229 

84,335 

Aracatuba 

14 ,28l 

214,743 

13,104 

228,045 

Arimanduba 

50,119 

95,772 

4 l? 

63,685 

Arraias 

531 

12,117 

415 

8,897 

Bahia 

65,378 

1,825,312 

47,128 

1 , 013,428 

Baliza 

575 

12,271 

735 

13,416 

Bauru 

46,933 

836,063 

48,420 

843,337 

Belem 

258,442 

8 , 14 C ,484 

253,206 

8,559,285 

3 ellc- Horizonte 

41,759 

1,510,211 

41,879 

1,498,320 

Benjamin Constant 

3,028 

88,270 

2,195 

75,189 

Boa Vista 

1,08' 

29,507 

1,039 

23,460 

Boca do Acre 

5,510 

136,267 

3,985 

84,869 

Bona 

574 

12,656 

355 

7,322 

B or acauu 

18,344 

550,090 

18,270 

380,090 

Brasilea 

2,333 

66 ,364 

2,539 

66,239 

Cachoeira 

896 

22,203 

1,006 • 

28,254 

Caldas Novas 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Campo Grande 

46,472 

1,703,385 

71,337 

2,098,630 

Caracarai 

472 

12,065 

1,681 

32,934 

Clevelandia 

2,359 

56,031 

1,070 

25,634 

Ccari 

3,339 - 

60,420 

2,231 

39,646 

Codajaz 

1,087 

25,780 

940 

22,550 

Conceicao do Araguaia 

671 

15,343 

789 

12,897 

Corumba 

6,280 

183,283 

10,141 

284,499 

Cruzeiro do Sul 

4,599 

159,683 

5,505 -• 

195,503 

Cuyaba 

9,915 

226,711 

5,829 

’ 130,665 

Faro 

1,131 

23,111 

1,672 

29,864 

Fonte Boa 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Fortaleza 

35,127 

929,135 

39,071 

1 , 027,312 

Fortaleza do Abuna 

234 

5,187 

187 

b,ly 3 

Fez do Jamari 

239 

4,997 

192 

3,674 

Goyaz 

5*689 . 

514,506 

4,927 

447,624 

Jumaita 

1,223 

27,890 

899 

22,275 

Igarape- -Mirim 

1,286 

26,595 

1,470 

29,340 

Itacoatiara 

4,517 

89,874 

5,384 

64 ,17C 

Itaituba 

701 

17,161 

515 

13,336 

Itaparica 

21,404 

267,789 

12,367 

29,468 

Joao Pessoa 

— 

— 

— 

— 

Labrea 

2 ,68s 

49,410 

1,799 

35,857 

Lins 

13,750 

222,780 

11,553 

180,823 

2-12891 

• 













Table VIII (Continued) 

Transmitted Received 



Number of 

Number of 

Number of 

Number of 

Station 

telegrams 

words 

telegrams 

words 

Manacapuru 

1,542 

30,408 

1,100 

20,338 

Manaus 

121,409 

3,018,735 

167,438 

5,581,042 

Manicore 

183 

3,841 

225 

2,350 

Maraba 

19,309 

462,772 

15,813 

430,609 

Marapanin 

596 

15,946 

565 

11,181 

Marllia 

9,327 

160,608 

7,994 

133,397 

Maues 

2 , 46 ? 

56,523 

2,152 

3,740 

Ratividade 

1,456 

30,765 

1,796 

42,687 

Obidos 

5,615 

112,460 

9,112 

196,010 

Oriximina 

3,420 

71,089 

3,050 

42,137 

Palma 

253 

4,504 

311 

5,135 

Parintins 

4 , 093 ' 

75,543 

5,137 

67,193 

Pedro Afonso 

3,619 

91,719 

3,414 

78 ,530 

Peixe 

187 

2,997 

211 

3,413 

Plabanha 

4,707 

105,769 

14,832 

309,708 

Porto Alegre 

174,697 

5,571,728 

168,013 

5 , 765,145 

Porto Nacional 

4,441 

93,386 

3,607 

95,612 

Porto Velho 

• 6,281 

178,468 

7,133 

157,467 

Recife 

113,102 

3,677,139 

128 ,846 

4 , 030,056 

Eio Branco 

13,801 

560,321 

32,060 

382,586 

Eio de Janeiro 

504,524 

18,855,986 

545,188 

17,672,907 

Rio Preto 

9,764 

116,163 

9 , 9^6 

148,770 

Santarem 

12,803 

209,687 

11,230 

224,956 

Santana do Paranaiba 

Sao Francisco das 

T, 04 l 

27,535 

1,140 

26,726 

J araraca 

1,-789. 

37,077 

1,687 

30,430 

Sao Gabriel 

130 

4,721 

253 

4,814 

Sao Joao 

— 


— 

— 

Sao Miguel do Guama 

739 

13,737 

640 

12,478 

Sao Miguel dos Macacos 

1,244 

26,307 

1,558 

27,304 

Sao Paulo 

99,790 

1 , 157,756 

69,898 

1,872,359 

Sao Paulo de Olivenca 

676 

18,459 

495 

12,770 

Sao Vicente do Araguaia 

903 

26,125 

1,065 

25,235 

Sena Madureira 

4,664 

130,517 

3,585 

100,783 

Soure 

3,100 

62,982 

2,194 

42,030 

Tarauaca 

3,639 

121,530 

3,068 

128,814 

Tefe 

1,656 

37,212 

1,010 

27,241 

Thome Assu 

1,104 

23,765 

1,123 

25,817 

Tocantinia 

— 

— 

- - 

— .. .. 

Tres Lagoas 

4,076 

95,334 

4,430 

82,197 

Villa Feijo 

2,019 

65,319 ■ 

1,644 

62,548 

Xapury 

4,024 

105,169 

3,807 

101,821 

Total 

1 , 845,433 

53,901,258 

1 , 302,484 

55,964,194 


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Nev Radiotelephone Station in Recife 


In the fall of 1942 the Companhia Radiotelegraphica Brasileira (Radiobras) 
was installing a radiotelephone station in Recife. At that time the company 
was negotiating with the Emprezas Electricas Brasileiras (Electric Bond and Share) 
to tie in the station with the latter's telephone system in Recife. 

The Government concession is for external communications only., and it is 


INTERIOR CABLES 


follows: 


! with neutral European countries. 

i operated by the Brazilian 

Government. The 

>rs, and 

length of these cables are as 

Date 

Number of 

Length in 

Laid 

Conductors 

Nautical Miles 

1929 

4 

o ;5 k 

1929 

2 

0.65 

1929 

2 

0.16 

1929 

1 

2.70 

1929 

1 

4.39 

1929 

2 

2.48 

1929 

2 

2.64 

1928 

9 

0.44 

1928 

1 

1.67 

1928 

3 

2.92 

1928 

3 

0 . 8 l 



19.60 

Limited, 

operates two cable 

lines in the bed 


Eugenha da Pedra - Galeao 
Eugenha da Pedra - Galeao 
Eugenha da Pedra - Ilha de Fundas 
Paqueta - Praia da Luz (Nictheroy) 
Governador - Paqueta 
Rio de Janeiro - Nictheroy 
Rio de Janeiro - Nictheroy 
Yallengo - Barnabe (Santos) 

Ilha do Mel - Fortaleza da Barra 
Porto Alegre - Pearas Brancas 
Rio Gnande - Barra de F.io Sao 
Gcncale 

Total Length 


of the Amazon River between Para and Manaos and intermediary points. The length 
of cables operated by the Company in 1940 totaled 2,400 nautical miles, which was 
the total length of line in duplicate. 

There are four divisions of this cable line, which connect the following- 
points: (See map at front of this report for location) 


1. Para, Pinheirc, -Mosqueiro and Soure (Marajo Islands). 

2. Para and Cameta (Tocantins River District). 

3. Antonio Lemos, Macapa, Chaves and Mazagancpolis (Brazilian Guiana) 

4. Curralinho, Breves, Antonio Lemos, Gurupa, Prainha, Monte Alegre, 
Santarem, Alenquer, Obidos, Parintins, Itacoatiara, Amatory and 

Manaos (Main line). 

Since the decline of the rubber market in Brazil, operation of the line has 
not been very successful from a financial standpoint . Law No. 139 of December 
1 6 , 1935; authorized an annual subsidy to the Amazon Telegraph Company to remain 
in force until April 2, 1943* In return, the Company was to reduce its tariffs 
by at least 20 percent regardless of the destination of the communications. 
Renewed emphasis on rubber development in Brazil may again make this cable line 
an important link in interior communications. 

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Folice Badio 

In 19^0 only two cities utilized police radio. Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre 
used 2-way radio in cruising cars. 

Airways Padio 

There are a number of radio stations operating in Brazil for facilitating 
air transportation. The location, ownership and operating details of these 
stations are presented in Table IX. 

Electric Fire Alarm Systems 

# . 

No information is available on the extent or usage of electric equipment 
for turning in fire alarms. 





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TABLE IX 

Aeronautleal Stations in Brazil 


• 

Name of station Call 

letters 

Frequencies 

kilocycles 

Power 

watts 

Owned or operated by 

Aracatuba, S. Paulo 

Aeradio 

PQI 

333-3) 171 ^ 

20 

Services Aereos Condor, 

Bage Aeradio (l) 

ZYW 

315) 8485 

100 

Ltda. (3) 

Viacao Aerea Eio Grander 

Bahia Aeradio 

FQB 

315) 17144 

40 

SC 

Services Aereos 

Bahia Aeradio (l) 

PQT 

315, -5CC 

70 

200 

200 

Condor, Ltda. ( 3 ) 

Same as PQB (3) 

Bahia Aeradio 

PHB 

217 . 4 , 1736 O 

25 C 

Compand!a Auxiliar Radio 

Bahia Aeradio 

FVB 

333.3. 16240 

100 

F>ri S3 ora do B^asi 1 
Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

Bahia Aeradio 

ZWI 

5675 , 11356 

250 

Bep. Aeronautica Civil 

Belem, Fara Aeradio 

PQZ 

3115. 171^4 

40 

Services Aereos 

Belem, Para Aeradio 

PPX 7 

2870 

70 

10 

Condor, Ltda. ( 3 ) 
Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

Belem, Para Aeradio 

PVL 

1708 , 16240 

100 

Panair do Brasil, S.A.. 

Belen, Para Aeradio(l) 

PVQ 

275 , 16240 

750 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

Belmonte,Bahia Aeradio 

PQB 

33 . 3 , 17144 

20 

Services Aereos Condor, 

Belo Horizonte Aeradio 

FV r H 

333-5) 16240 

250 

Ltda. 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

Camocim Aeradio(l) 

FVTJ 

275 , 16240 

100 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

/ • 


. 

750 


Campo Grande, Matto 

Grosso p.eradio(l) 

PQK 

315 . 8 , 17144 

20 

Servfcos Aereos Condor, 

. * 

• 

Caravelas Aeradio(l) 

PPB 

316 , 11450 

35 

Ltda. (3) 

Services Aereos Condor, 

L 

' 3 

- - - 


Ltda. ( 3 ) 

Caravelas Aeradio 

PEC 

333-3) 17360 

200 

250 

Companiiia Auxiliar Fadio 


■ - •. 



Emissora do Brasil 

Caravelas Aeradio 

ZWK 

5675 ) 8225 

0 

ir\ 

OJ 

Bep. Aeronautica Civil 

Carolina, Maranhao 
Aeradio(l) 

FEZ 

318 , 17144 

20 

Services Aereos Condor, 





Ltda.( 3 ) 

Ccnceicao Bo Arroyo 





.Aeradio 

PRO 

333-3) 17360 

250 

Conpanhia Auxiliar Fadio 

Corumba, Matto 



t V ; - 

Fnissora do Brasil 

Grosso Aeradic(l) 

PQC 

315 . 8 , 17144 

40 

Services Aereos Condor, 



; 

70 

100 

250 

Ltda.( 3 ) 


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Table IX 

Aeronautical Stations in Brazil 




Frequencies 

P0W€ 

Name of station Call 

letters 

kilocycles 

watt 

Cruz Alta, Sul 




Aeradio(l) 

ZYQ 

315 , 8^85 

100 

Curitiba Aeradio 

PQG 

3115, 11^50 

30 

Curitiba Aeradio(l) 

FVY 

275 , 16240 

750 




100 

Curitiba Aeradio 

ZWL 

5675,8569 

250 

Cuyaba Aeradio (1) 

PQL 

320 , 11450 

30 




35 

Fernando Noronha 




Aeradio 

ZWO 

5675 , 8569 

250 

Fernando Noronha 




Aeradio 

PBI 

333.3, 17360 

1000 

Florianopolis Aeradio 

PQF 

3115 , 17144 

70 

Flcrinaopolis Aeradio 

PBF 

333-3, 17360 

250 

Florianopolis Aeradio 




( 1 ) 

PBW 

320 , 500 

200 

Florianopolis Aeradio 




( 1 ) 

PUZ 

322,8630 

50 

Florianopolis Aeradio 

FVF 

1708 , 16240 

15 




100 

Florianopolis Aeradio 

ZWN 

6650 , 8225 

250 

Fortaleza Aeradio 

PQE 

333.3, 17144 

20 

Fortaleza Aeradio 

PVC 

333.3, 16240 

100 

Foz do Iguassu Aeradio 

PVI 

3070 , 16240 

100 

Foz do Iguassu Aeradio 

ZWQ 

5675 , 8225 

250 

Goiania Aeradio 

PUX 

527 , 8630 

100 

Guajara Mirim Aeradio 

: PQQ 

31153 17144 

30 

Ilha.das Flores Aeradio 

* 

PQO 

31153 .17144 

100 

Jaguarao Aeradio(l) 

ZYS 

3153 8485 

100 

n it 

PBF 

333.33 17360 

250 


se 


Ltda. (3) 


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Ltda. ( 3 ) 


25 O Pep. Acronautica Civil 


Co.mpanhia Auxiliar Badio 
Emissora do Brasil 
Servicos Aereos Condor, 
Ltda. ( 3 ) 

Co.mpanhia Auxiliar Badio 
Emissora do Brasil 


Ltda. ( 3 ) 

Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo, 

S. A. 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

Pep. Acronautica Civil 
Servicos Ac-reos Condor, 
Ltda. (3) 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 
Panair do Brasil, S.A. 
Pep. Acronautica Civil 
Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo, 

S.A. 

Servicos Aereos Condor, 
Ltda. (3) 

Servicos Aoreoo Condor, 
Ltda. (3) 

Viacao Aerea Bio 
Grandense 

Companhia Auxiliar 
Badio Emissorado Bra¬ 
sil. 








Table IX 


Aeronautical Stations in Brazil 




Frequencies 

Power 

Name of station Call 

letters 

kilocycles 

watts Owned or operated by 

Livramento, Sul 


• — 



Aeraaio(l) 

ZYX 

315 , 81185 

100 

Viacao Aerea Rio Grand- 





ense 

Maceio Aeradio 

PPM 

333-3, 17360 

250 

Companhia Auxiliar Radio 
Frri s sora dc Bras i 1 

Maceio Acradic (l) 

PRX 

320 . 5 , 11^50 

20 

Services Acrecs Condor, 




200 

Ltda. (3) 

Manaos Aeradio 

FVM 

333-3, 12295 

15 

Panair dc Brasil, 3.A. 




100 

-• 

Natal, Norte Aeradio 

PQN 

333 . 3 , 8605 

70 

Services Acrecs Condor, 





Ltda. (3) 

Natal, Norte Aeradio 

PEN 

333.3, 17360 

600 

Companhia Auxiliar Radio 




500 

Emissora do Brasil 

Natal, Norte Aeradio(l) 

PPT 

535 . 3 , 17360 

250 

Companhia Auxiliar Radio 





Emissora do Brasil 

Natal, Norte Aeradi 0 

ZWK 

6210 , 11356 

250 

Dcp. Aeronautica Civil 

Paranagua Aeradio 

PVT 

333 .3, 16240 

100 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

Pamahyba Aeradio 

PQY 

3115, 1711(4 

40 

Servicos Acrecs Condor, 





Ltda. (3) 




700 


Passo Fundo Aeraaio(l) 

ZYP 

315, 8485 

100 

Viacao Aerea Rio 





Grandensc 

Pelotas Aeradio 

PR? 

217.4, 17360 

250 

Companhia Auxiliar Radio 





Emissora do Brasil 

Pelotas Aeradio 

FVG 

1708 , 16240 

10 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

Pelotas Aeradio (1) 

ZYV 

315, 8485 

100 

Viacao Aerea Pio 

* * 




Grandensc 

Pocos de Caldas Aeradio 

ZWJ 

5675 , 8225 

250 

Pep. Aeronautica Civil 

Porto Alegre Aeradio 

PQA 

333-3, 17144 

70 

Servicos Acreos Condor, 





Ltda. (3) 

Porto Alegre Aeradio 

PRA 

333-3, 17360 

250 

Companhia Auxiliar Radio 





Emissora do Brasil 

Porto Alegre Aeradio 

PVA 

333.3, 16240 

100 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

Porto Alegre Aeradio 

ZWD 

5675 , 11381 

250 

Pep. Aeronautica Civil 

Porto Alegre Aeradio(l) 

ZYU 

315, 8485 

100 

Viacao Aerea Rio 





Grandensc 

Porto Espiridiao Aeradio 

PQS 

5730, 17144 

250 

Servicos Aereos Condor, 



< 


Ltda. ( 3 ) 

Porto Velho, Amazonas 





Aeradio 

PVN 

3070 , 16240 

10 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

Pecife Aeradio 

POP 

333.3, 17144 

70 

Services Aereos Condor, 





Ltda. (3) 

Pecife Aeradio 

PEP 

333.3, 17360 

250 

Companhia Auxiliar Radio 


Emissora do Brasil 


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Tabic IX' 


Aeronautical Stations in Brazil 


Frequencies Power 

Name of station Call letters . kilocycles _ watts Owned dr operated ~by 


Pecife Aeradio 

PVP 

333.3 

, 16240 

100 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

Pecife Aeradio 

Pio Branco, 

ZWC 

3673 , 

12824 

250 

Dcp. Aeronautica Civil 

Acre Aeradio 

PQP 

3113, 

17144 

250 

Services Aereos Condor, 

Ltda. (3) 

Pio de Janeiro Aeradio 

Rio de Janeiro 

PQJ 

333 . 3 

, 17144 

250 

600 

Servicos Aereos Condor, 
Ltda. ( 3 ) 

Aeradio (2) 

Pio de Janeiro 

PQV 

3113, 

17144 

4o 

Servicos Aereos Condor, 
Ltda. (3) 

Aeradio (l) 

PQW 

V_>1 

ro 

0 

N. 

500 

20 

Servicos Aereos Condor, 
Ltda. (3) 

Pio de Janeiro Aeradio 

ppx 6 

2870 


10. 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

Pio de Janeiro Aeradio 

PUA 

322, 

8630 

200 

Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo, 

S.A. 

Pio de Janeiro Areadio 

PVJ 

333.3 

, 22440 

400 

100 

300 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

Pio de Janeiro Aeradio 

Pio de Janeiro Campo dos 

ZWA 

5675 , 

8569 

250 

Pep. Aeronautica Civil 

Affonsos Aeradio 

Pio de Janeiro 

PPJ 

3330 

, 17360 

250 

Companhia Auxiliar Radio 
Emissora do Brasil 

Jacarepagua Aeradio 

PPG 

3330 

, 17360 

300 

600 

Companhia Auxiliar Radio 
Emissora do Brasil 

Santare.m, Para Aeradio 

PVT 

333*3 

, 16240 

100 

200 

Panaii‘ do Brasil, S.A. 

Santos Aeradio 

PPS 

333-3 

, 17360 

250 

Companhia Auxiliar Radio 
Emissora do Brasil 

Santos Aeradio 

PVS 

333.3 

, 16240 

200 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

S. Paulo Aeradio . 

PQH 

333-3 

, 17144 

70 

Servicos Aereos Condor, 
Ltda. ( 3 ) 

S. Paulo Aeradio 

PUE 

322 , 

8630 ; 

200 

Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo, 
S.A.' . 

S. Paulo Aeradio 

PVD 

1708 , 

8895 

10 

Panair do Brasil, S.A. 

S. Paulo Aeradio 

S. Pedro da Media 

ZWB 

5675, 

8225 

250 

. Dep. Aeronautica Civil 

Aeradi 0 (1) 

PPQ 

318 , 

11430 

33 

200 

Servicos Aereos Condor, 
Ltda. ( 3 ) 

Tautate Aeradio 

ZVB 3 

350 


100 

Comp. Fabril de Juta, S. 


Paulo 


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Table IX 


Aeronautical Stations in Brazil 


Name of stations 

Call 

letters 

Frequencies 

kilocycles 

Power 

watts Owned or operated by 

Teresina Aeradio 


PUY 

3115, 11450 

30 

Servicos Aerecs Condor, 

Taubate Aeradio 


ZVB 4 

4595; 6210 

50 

Ltda. (3) 

Comp. Fabril de Juta, S. 

Tres Lagoas, Matto 
Grosso Aeradio (l) 


PUP 

518, 500 

30 

Paulo 

Servicos Aerecs Condor, 

Uberaba Aeradio 


PUT 

32$, 8630 

100 

Ltda . (3) 

Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo, 

Q A 

Uruguaiana Aeradio 

(1) 

ZYY 

315, 8485 

100 

O • 

Viacac Aerea Pio 

• *• • 


• • 



Grandense 

Victoria, Espirito 


• 

. 



Santo Aeradio (1) 


PQK 

320, 17144 

30' 

Servicos Aereos Condor, 

Victoria., Espirito 
Santo Aeradio 


PPV 

333.3, 17360 

250 

Ltda. (3) 

Companhia Auxiliar Padio 

Victoria, Espirito 
Santo Aeradio 


F/V 

333-3, 16240 - 

—20 • • 

Emissora do Brasil 

Panair do Brasil,- S.A. 

i - * * 


•; . i 

1 T) 

100 



(1) Provided with direction-finding installation. 

(2) Used occasionally. 

(3) In January 1943; name of Condor was changed to Services AerOs Cruzeiro 

do Sul. 



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III INTEPNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS 

International communications refers to the transmission of messages from 
one country to other countries hy means of either international landlines, 
cable, or radio. In Brazil international communication facilities are provided 
primarily by private companies. Each of the various facilities available are 
taken up in the following paragraphs, including some detail of the companies 
providing the service. 

INTEPNATIONAL LAND LINES 

Through the Department of Telegraphs, Brazil has communication with the 
neighboring countries of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, and Colombia. 

CABLES 


With the exception of two cables between Argentina, and Brazil, international 
cables were operated prior to the war primarily by private companies represent¬ 
ing American, British, and Italian interests. The three leading private 
companies operating prior to the war were All American Cables and Padio, Incor¬ 
porated, Cable and Wireless Limited, and Companhia Italiana die Cavi Telegrafica 
Sottomarini (italcable). A discussion of each of these companies is taken up 
in the following paragraphs. 

Ml America Cables and Padio, Incorporated 

This Company, a subsidiary of the International Telephone and Telegraph 
Company, operates cable service to every country in Central and South America 
except Honduras, British Honduras, Paraguay, and the Guianas. It was incorporat¬ 
ed in New York in l88l as the Central and South American Telegraph Company. In 
1920 the name was changed to All America Cables, Inc., the present title being 
adopted in 1938 . 

The details of the cables operated in Brazil by this company are as follows: 



Date of 

Number of 

Length in 

Landing Points 

Laying 

Conductors 

Nautical Miles 

Montevideo (Uruguay) - Santos 

1920 

1 

1070 

P.io de Janeiro - Atalaya (Argentina 

) 1920 

1 

1269 



2 

2339 


These cables connect Montevideo with Atalaya, and from Atalaya land lines 
extend across Argentina and Chile to Valparaiso connecting at that point with the 
Pacific lines of the Company. 


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The All America Cable and Badio 

Company provided the 

following service 

Brazil for the year 1939• 

Number of 

Number of 

Type of message 

telegrams 

words 

Exclusive traffic 



International traffic: 



Transmitted 

106,906 

1 , 912,889 

Received 

126,365 

2,206,294 

Interior traffic: 



Transmitted 

33,131 

612,277 

Mutual traffic 



International traffic: 
Transmitted 

2,353 

30,168 

Received 

6,106 

82,829 


Wostern Telegraph Company, Ltd. 

The Western Telegraph Company, Ltd., is a British holding company first 
organized in 1899 as a result of the adsorption of the Western and Brazilian 
Telegraph Company "by the Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company, Limited. In 
January 1930, the company transferred its cable properties to Imperial and 
International Communications, Ltd., now known as Cable and Wireless, Ltd. 

Details of the cables operated by this company arc as follows: 


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Landing Points 

St. Vincent (Cape Verde Islands- 
(Recife) No. 1 

St. Vincent (Cape Verde Islands - 
(Recife) No. 2 
Ascension - Rio dc Janeiro 
Barbados - Maranhao 
Para - Maranhao 
Para - Recife 

Maranhao - Fortaleza (Ccara) 

Maranhao - Recife 
Fortaleza (Ccara) - Recife 
Recife - Maceio 
Recife - Bahia, No. 1 
Recife - Bahia, No. 2 
Recife - Rio de Janeiro 
Bahia - Victoria, No. 1 
Bahia - Victoria, No. 2 
Victoria - Rio dc Janeiro, No. 1 
Victoria - Rio de Janeiro, No. 2 
Rio de Janeiro - Santos, No. 1 

Rio de Janeiro - Santos, No. 2 

Rio dc Janeiro - Santos, No. 3 

Rio de Janeiro - Maldonado (Uruguay) 

Santos - S. Catharina, No. 1 ( 
(Floriano polls) 

Santos - S. Catharina, No. 2 
(Floriano polls) 

St. Catharina - Rio Grande, Sul. 

No. 1 

S. Catharina - Rio Grande, Sul. 

No. 2 

Rio Grande, Sul - Chuy (Uruguay) 

No. I 

Rio Grande, Sul - Chuy (Uruguay) 

No. 2 


Bate of 

Number of 

Length in 

Laying 

Conductors 

Nautical Miles 

1874 

1 

1 , 81*5 

188 * 1 - 

1 

1,864 

1919 

1 

2,103 

1920 

1 : 

1,504 

1873 

1 

382 

1900 

1 

1,285 

1873 

1 

397 

1922 

1 

966 

1873 

1 

■ 4 p 8 

1922 

1 

176 

1873 

1 

. .469 . 

1891 

1 

446 

1900 

1 

1 , 372 

1922 

1 

531 - 

1922 

1 

492 

1922 

1 

346 

1922 

1 

292 

1874 

1 

232 

.1891 

1 

209 

1922 

1 

205 

1900 

1 

1,099 

1874 

1 

288 

1924 

1 

270 

1874 

1 

396 

1924 

1 

434 

1875 

1 

i 4 o 

1924 

1 

204 


27 

18,405 


Note: At present the cables between Fortaleza and Sao Luiz and between Recife 
and Belem arc out of service. Thus communications between Belem and points South 
are dependent on the lines of the National Telegraph Company. 


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The Western Telegraph Company provided the following service in Brazil 
f or the year 1939 • 



Number of 

Number cf 

Type of message 

telegrams 

words 

Exclusive traffic 

International traffic: 

Transmitted 

196,778 

2 , 860,973 

Received 

183 , 95 ^ 

2,792,197 

Transit--North to South 

110,1+83 

2,071,503 

Transit--South to North 

71,177 

1,511,909 

Western Amazon Service: 

Transmitted 

i+,oi+o 

1 + 2 , 91+0 

Received 

3,811 

1 + 1,032 

Interior traffic: 

Transmitted 

81+1,967 

12,796,316 

Mutual traffic 

International traffic: 

Transmitted 

11,218 

129 , 1+60 

Received 

10,036 

127,593 

Interior traffic: 



Transmitted 

50 , 61+8 

779 , 1*78 

Received 

81,572 

1 , 202 , 91+7 

Companhia Italiana dei Cavi Telegrafica 

Sottomarini (italcable) 



The Companhia Italiana dei Cavi Telegrafica Sottomarini, commonly referred 
to as Italcable, is an Italian Company which operates an international cable line, 
chiefly to nearby European countries. However, before, the war Italcable 
operated cables to Brazil as follows: 


Landing Points 

Date of 
Laying 

Number of 
Conductors 

Length in 
— 

Nautical Miles 

S. Vicente (Cape Verde Islands)- 
Fernando de Noronha 

1925 

1 

1,1*77 

Fernando de Noronha - Rio de 
Janeiro - 

1925 

- 1 

1,683 

Rio de Janeiro - Montevideo 
(Uruguay) 

1925 

1 

1,203 . 

Totals 


3 . 

^,368 


After the outbreak of the war, the cable from Italy to Fernando de Noronha 
was cut. From Fernando de Noronha to Rio de Janeiro ehe cable is in good condi¬ 
tion and manned by Personnel from the Posts and Telegraphs Department. 


The Ccmpagnia Italiana Dei Cavi Telegrafici Sottomarini (italcable) pro¬ 
vided the following service in Brazil for the year 1939* Although the Company 
no longer operates in Brazil, the figures are given here for comparative purposes. 


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Number of 

Number of 


Type of service 

telegrams 

words 



Exclusive traffic 


International traffic: 

Transmitted 

45,328 

771,959 

Peceived 

38 ,1?4 

681,926 

Transit--South to North 

70,350 

1 , 327,729 

Transit--North to South 

57,015 

1 , 121,521 

Interior traffic: 

Transmitted 

34,670 

515,941 

Mutual traffic 

International traffic: 



Transmitted 

2,859 

38,822 

Peceived 

4,008 

46,621 

Interior traffic: 

Transmitted 

82 

1,411 

Peceived 

552 

11,990 

Compagnie des Cables Sud-Americains 

The Compagnie des Cables Sud-Americains is a French Company 

operating a gable 

between Africa and South America. 

Details of this cable are as 

follows: 

Landing Points . 

Date Number of 

Length in 


Laid Conductors 

Naut i cal Miles 

Dakar - Fernando de Noronha 

1892 1 

1,621 

Fernando de Noronha - Pernambuco 

1892 1 

347 

Totals 

2 

CO 

^0 

O'N 

1 - 1 

The cable to Dakar has been cut 

near Pernambuco; and the cable from Fernando 

Moronha to Pernambuco is not In use 

; now, communication being by 

means of radio 


telegraph. 
Other Cables 


A cable line, formerly owned by Germany but given up to the Allied Powers 
by the Treaty of Versailles, connects Monrovia (Liberia) with Pernambuco. This 
cable, containing one conductor, was laid in 1911 and has a total length of 
1,873 nautical miles. 

There are two cables between Argentina and Brazil operated by the Govern¬ 
ments of these countries. Those cables have been laid in the Uruguay Eiver and 
connect Libres, Argentina, with Uruguayana, Brazil. Other pertinent details 
concerning these cables are as follows: 


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Number of 

*. . 
t- 

Length 

in 

Cab le 

Date Laid 

Conductors 

Nautical 

Miles 

No. 1 

1906 

2 

0.8 


No. 2 

1928 

7 

0.7 



Totals 

9 

1.5 



INTERNATIONAL RADIO COMMUNICATIONS 


The Government of Brazil has granted concessions to two companies for 
carrying on international radio communications. These two companies arc the 
Co.mpanhia Radiotelegraphica Brasilcira and the Companhia Radio Internacional do 
Brasil. 

These concessions arc granted for renewable terms of ten years, provided 
that the companies constitute their Directorates with a minimum of two-thirds 
Brazilians. They must also engage Brazilian operators only, and employ 
effectively in technical or administrative services a minimum of two-thirds 
Brazilian personnel. 

COMPANHIA RADIOTELEGRAPHICA BRASILEIRA 


The Companhia Radiotelegraphica Brasileira was organized in 1919* and by 
virtue of Decree 14,712 of March 7 > 1921, obtained a concession for the erection 
and operation of stations for direct communication with the United States and 
Europe. This company was associated with the consortium composed of American, 
English, French and German radio companies. This group erected a powerful 
station near Rio de Janeiro which began operation in the early part of 1926. In 
May 1925, the consortium obtained the approval of the Brazilian Government for 
the erection of a station at Pernambuco (Recife). The station is used primarily 
as a receiving relay station between the United States and Europe on the one 
hand, and Rio dc Janeiro and Buenos Aires on the other. It was opened in 1926. 
An additional station is located, in Sao Paulo. 

Besides the offices at Rio -do Janeiro, Recife, and Sao Paulo, messages may 
be filed at offices of The Western Telegraph Company, Limited, and the National 
Telegraph offices. Transoceanic radiotelephone service can be obtained through 
the special transoceanic radiotelephone central in Rio dc Janeiro or through 
any telephone of the Brazilian Telephone Company. 

The volume of Traffic handled by the three stations during the year 1939 
is as follows: 



Transmitted 
Number of 

Number of 

Received 

Number of 

Number of 


messages 

words 

messages 

words 

Exclusive 

traffic 

46,392 

915,563 

66,673 

1 , 672,293 

Mutual 

traffic 

1,477 

24,112 

2,317 

. 56,317 

Total 

47,669 

959,675 

68,990 

1,708,640 


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Thc number of telephone calls made through this Company for the year 
1939 is as follows: 

. ■ Number of 

calls 

Transmitted 729 

Received * jkC 

COMPANHIA RADIO INTERNATIONAL DO BRAZIL 

Decree 19,247 of June 13, 1930, granted the right to the Companhia Radio 
Internacional do Brasil, an associated company of the International Telephone 
and Telegraph Company, to construct radio stations and carry on international 
zradiotelegraph and radiotelephone service from Brazil. On December 11, 1931, 
the Companhia Radio Internacional do Brasil inaugurated its radiotelephone 
service between Rio de Janeiro and Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile. This was 
the first radiotelephone service established between Rio de Janeiro and Santiago 
or between any points in Brazil and Chile. It also marked the opening of a 
much more extensive radiotelephone service between Brazil and Argentina and 
Uruguay than previously available. Connections were later made with the United 
States and Europe. A new international radiotelephone station was to be 
established in Fortaleza in May, 1943* 

The volume of traffic handled by the station at Rio de Janeiro during the 
year 1939 is as follows: 



Number of 

Number of 

Number of 

Number of 


messages 

words 

messages 

words 

Exclusive traffic 

6,180 

110,032 

1,593 

80,137 

Mutual traffic 

115 

2,131 

305 

1,762 

Total 

6,295 

112,463 

1789 s 

85,199 

The number of telephone calls 

made through the Radio Internacional do Brasil 

for the year 1939 is 

as follows: 

Number of 

Duration 




calls 

(minutes) 


Transmitted 


1,010 

6,351 


Received 


988 

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RADIO BROADCASTING 


The first radio station in Brazil was located in Recife. By 1930 the 
number of stations had grown to 17 , and in the years from 1932 to 1936 this 
number rapidly increased. By 1940 there were 70 broadcasting stations operating 
on the long wave length and 2 operating on short wave. These stations are 
located in 39 cities, mostly in the more densely populated seaboard states. 


Duration 
(minutes) 

5,281 


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(See Table X) 


Table X 


Pr_~ZIL: Number of Long Wave Broadcasting, Stations tv States, 19^0 . 


States 


Number of Stations 


Bahia 

Ceara 

Fspirito Santo 
Federal District 
Mato Grosso 
Miras Gerais 
Farahyba 
Parana 
Pernambuco 
Flo de Janeiro 
Pic Grande dc Sul 
Santa Catharina 
Sac Paulo 


1 

3C 


1 

1 

1 

i * 
—-/ 

o 


2 

‘1 

k 


1 

V 


Tctal 


70 


the location of these stations, together with, their call letters, frequency, 
and power is presented in Table XI* 

Mirr' our. Power Pegulrorients 

In the Federal District and the State of Sao Paulo, the stations are 
required to have a minimum antenna output of 5 kilowatts while in the other 
heavily populated capitals (minimum of 200,000 persons), the lowest permissible 
is three kilowatts. In the other state capitals, with about 100,000 inhabitants, 
the minimum is two kilowatts. Cities with acre than 100,000 inhabitants are 
required to have an output in excess of one—half kilowatt while those with less 
than this number are allowed a minimi of one-quarter kilowatt. 



The Federal District and the State of Sac Paulo accounted for two -thirds of 
the total commercial revenue in the industry, largely because of the mere costly 
broadcasts made fren these centers. Statistical data are unavailable for types 
of programs offered to the public throughout the country, but data of the Federal 
District shew that percent of the total non-record broadcasts are musical, 
of which light and popular numbers represent 2 6 percent. The total hours of 
broadcast of classics in symphony and opera is the second largest, being If per¬ 
cent of the total. News broadcasts account for 6 percent, while that of public 
ccrfercnces cr speeches amounts to 5 percent of the total hours. 


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Every night the Dcpartamento dc Imprcnsa e Propaganda broadcasts the 
"Hora do Brasil" program over a nation-wide hook-up. Directed short wave 
emissions are made to Europe and North and South America in four languages. 

All radio announcers must he native-born Brazilian citizens. 

Eadio Networks 


Padio networks as we know them in this country do not exist in Brazil. The 
only approximation of such networks is that of the government which has thrown 
together a network comprising all the stations in the country to carry its 
nightly program feature, "Hora do Brazil." 

Receiving Sets 

No exact data arc available on the number of receiving sets in use in Brazil 
It is estimated that there .may have been 1,000,000 sets in use in 19^-0, 
although other estimates place the figure as low as 500,000. It is estimated 
that about 85 percent of the total receivers are found in the federated units, 
the Federal District, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Estado do Rio. 

Decree No. 2,979 of January 23, 19^-lj required the registration of all 
radio sets. It also imposed the payment of an annual tax of 3 mllrcis (25 
cents). 






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TABLE XI 


BRAZIL: Radio Broadcasting Stations, 1940 


-- 

Call 

Frequency in 

Power 

City 

Letters 

Name of Stations Kilocycles 

in watts 

Aracatuba 

PP.I 8 

Radio Cultura do Aracatiba . 

1460 

100 

Araguari 

PRY 3 

Soc. Radio Araguari 

970 

250 

Araraquara 

PRD 4 

Radio Cultura dc Araraquara 

1370 

500 

Bauru 

PRG 8 

Bauru Radio Club 

1210 

250 

Bclo Horizonte 

PRC 6 

Radio Difusora Brasileira 

1510 

100 


PRC 7 

S. A. Radio Mincira 

690 

4500 


PRE 6 

Radio Socicdadc Guarani 

1340 

4500 


PRI 3 

Radio Inccnfidcncia dc Minas Gerais 

880 

30000 

Botucatu 

PRF 8 

Radio Emisscra dc Botucatu 

1530 

100 

31 umcnau 

PRC 4 

Radio Club do Bluaenau 

1330 

500 

Campinas 

PRC 9 

Radio Eduacadora dc Campinas 

1170 

500 

Canpo Grande 

PRI 7 

Radio Difusora dc Campo Grande 

lplO 

1000 

Canpes 

PRF 7 

Socicdadc Radio Cultura dc Compos 

1330 

2000 

Corumba 

ZYA 2 

Radio Difusora Matogrossense 

1470 

1000 

Cruzeiro 

PRG 6 

Radio Socicdadc Mantigueira 

640 

500 

Curityba 

PRB 2 

Radio Club Paranaense 

1440 

2000 

Fortaleza 

PRE 9 

Ceara Radio Club 

1320 

2000 

Jaboticabal 

PRG 4 

Radio Club do. Jabcticabal 

1250 

2600 

(l)jau (Sao 





Paulo) 

PEG 7 

Radio Socicdadc Jauense 

1010 

1000 

Joac Pessoa 

PRI 4 

Radio Tabajara 

1110 

10000 

Juiz do Fora 

PRB 3 

Radio Socicdadc Juiz dc Fora 

1010 

500 

Marilia 

PRI 2 

Radio Club do Marilia 

1090 

840 

Hiteroi 

PPL 8 

Radio Club Flxtminense 

1320 

4000 


PRE 6 

Radio Socicdadc Flumincnse 

1470 ' 

5000 

Fclotas 

PRC 3 

S.A. Radio Fclotense 

380 

300 

. y.«• 

PRE 4 

Socicdadc Difusora Radio 





Cultura dc PcIctas 

1320 

1000 

Potropolis 

PRD 3 

Petropolis Radio Difusora 

1480 

1000 

(l)Piraciaba 





(Sao Paulo) 

FED 6 

Radio Club de Piracicaba 

820 

250 

(l) Pecos dc 





Caldas 

PRE 5 

Radio Cultura de Pecos dc Caldas 

ll60 

230 

(Minas Gerasis 

) 




Ponta Grossa 

PRJ 2 

Radio Club Pontagrossense 

1240 

400 

Po2*to Alegre 

PRC 2 

Radio Socicdadc Gancha 

680 

20000 

• 

FRF 9 

Radio Difusora Porte Alcgrcnsc 

640 

5000 


PRE 2 

Radio Socicdadc Farroupilha 

600 

123000 

Pre sidente 

PRJ 5 

S. A. a Voz dc Sertao 

970 

250 

(l) Prudente 


. ' • . . . 



(Sao Paulo) 


■ ■ .* 



Recife 

PEA 8 

Radio Club dc Pernambuco 

720 

2500c 

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BRAZIL: Radio Broadcasting Stations } 19^-C 



Call 

' 

Frequency in 

City 

Letters 

Name of Stations 

Kilocycles 

Ribcirao Preto 

PRA 7 

Radio Club de Ribeirao Preto 

730 

(l) Rio Claro 

PRF 2 

Radio Club de Ri.o Claro 

1460 

Rio do Janeiro 

PRA 2 

Ministcrio da Educacao 

800 

/ 

PRA 3 

Radio Club do Brasil 

860 


PRA 9 

Radio Sociedadc Mayrink Vciga 

1220 


PRB 7 

Radio Eduacadora do Brasil 

900 


PRC 8 

Radio Sociedadc Guanabara 

1360 

Rio do Janeiro 

PRD 2 

Radio Cruzeiro do Sul 

1060 

(Continued) 





P RD 5 

Radio Difusora da Prefeitura 




do Distrito Federal 

1400 


PRE 2 

Radio Vera Cruz S.A. 

1430 


PRE 3 

Sociedadc Radio Transmi3sora 




Brasileira 

1180 


PRE 8 

Sociedadc Radio Nacicnal 

980 

. 

PRE 4 

Radio Jornal do Brasil 

940 


PRG 3 

Radio Tripy S.A. 

1280 


PRH 8 

Radio Spanema S. A. 

1130 

(l)Rio Preto 


4 


(Sao Paulo) 

PRB 8 

Radio Rio Preto 

640 

Santos 

PRG 5 

Sociedadc Radio Atlantica 

580 


PRB 4 

Radio Club de Santos 

1450 

(l) Sao Manuel 




(Sao Paulo) 

PRI 6 

Radio Club do Sao Manuel 

. 1510 

Sao Paulo 

PRA 5 

Radio Sao Paulo 

1260 


PRA 6 

Radio Educadora Paulista 

890 


PRB 6 

Radio Cruzeiro do Sul 

1200 


PRB 9 

Radio Sociedadc Record 

1000 


PRE 4 

Sociedadc Radio Cultura 




a Voz do Espaco 

1300 


PRE 7 

Radio Cosmos S.A. 

i 44 o 


PRF 3 

Radio Difusora. Sao Paulo 

960 


PRG 2 

Radio Tripy S. A. 

io 4 o 


PRG 9 

Radio Excelsior 

1100 


PRH 3 

Radio Piratininga 

620 


PRH 9 ■ 

Sociedadc Bandcirantc 




de Radio Difusao 

840 

Sao Salvador 

PRA 4 

Radio Sociedadc da Bahia 

740 

(l) Sorocaba 




(Sao Paulo). 

PRD 7 

Radio Club de Sorocaba 

1080 


PRD 9 

Radio Sociedadc de Sorocaba 

970, 

Uberaba 

PRE 5 

Radio Sociedadc do Triangulo 

1390 

Victoria 

PRI 9 

Radio Club do Espirito Santo 

1330 



Shortwave Stations 


Recife 

PRA 8 

Radio Club de Pernambuco 

6010 

Rio de Janeiro 

PRF 5 

Radio Internacional do Brasil 

21550 

(l) Location of 

these stations not shown on map. 



Power 
in watts 

4000 \[ 
250 V 
1000 ' 
10000 
80000 
5000 
30000 
40000 


1000 

5000 

30000 

20000 

10000 

10000 

5000 

2600 

3000 

1000 

100 

3000 

5000 

23COO 

20000 

7000 

24000 

5000 

24000 

20000 

20000 

5000 

10000 

500 

250 

1000 

1000 

5000 

60000 


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AMATEUR RADIO 


In 1941 there were 1,155 amateurs in Brazil organized under the 
"Liga dc Amadores Brasileiros do Radio Emissao." Approximately 66 percent of 
the total number wore in the states of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais and the 
Federal District, the respective numbers being 361, 17 *+ and 227 . Table XII 
shows number of amateurs by states in 1959* 

Amateur equipment is built almost entirely by the amateurs themselves who 
use any materials that arc at hand. There are many dealers handling amateur 
equipment, but this is in the form of parts rather than complete units. Such 
parts arc handled by shops dealing in electrical and radio goods. 

Table XII 

BRAZIL: Number of Amateur- Radio Operators by States as of December 31 , 1959 * 
State Number 


Distrito Federal 

227 

Rio dc Janeiro 

59 

Espirito Santo 

17 

Sao Paulo 

561 

Goiaz 

9 

Rio Grande do Sul 

212 

Minas Gerais 

174 

Parana 

29 

Santa Catarina 

15 

Baia 

12 

Sergipe 

2 

Pernambuco 

25 

Alagoas 

4 

Paraiba 

5 

Rio Grande do Norte 

4 

Ceara 

4 

Para 

7 

Amazonas 

5 

Territcrio do Acre 

’ 1 

Mato Grosso 

7 

Total 

1,155 


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